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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sancho come across as he takes charge of his isle?
(a) He does not seem as pleased as he thought he would be.
(b) He starts plotting how to amass great sums of money.
(c) He becomes grand and snobbish.
(d) He forgets all his old friends and family.

2. Who is the mysterious Knight of the White Moon?
(a) Don Antonio
(b) Pedro Perez
(c) Teresa Panza
(d) Sampson

3. While staying at the castle of the Duke and Duchess, what does Sancho do every time he gets frightened?
(a) He hides in the Duchess' skirts.
(b) He jumps behind Don Quixote.
(c) He crawls under a table.
(d) He pretends to be the Duke's valet.

4. With what does Don Quixote accidentally crown himself when he puts on his helmet?
(a) Raw eggs
(b) Curds
(c) Hot bread
(d) Cooked beef

5. In a scheme to poke fun at Don Quixote and Sancho, who makes an appearance?
(a) The eccliastic dressed as an avenging angel
(b) An actor dressed as the Devil
(c) A cow saddled like a knight's steed
(d) A milkmaid dressed as the Lady Dulcinea

6. What one last joke is played on Don Quixote and Sancho before they leave the castle?
(a) They tie the tails of Dapple and Roxinante together.
(b) They put ants in Don Quixote's armor.
(c) Altisidora accuses Quixote of stealing her garters.
(d) They put the Duchess' handkerchief in Sancho's pants pocket.

7. What is a result of Sancho Panza's replying to the ecclesiastic in proverbs?
(a) The Duke considers that Sancho might make a good governor.
(b) The Duchess is thrilled that the eccliastic show Sancho up.
(c) Quixote rebukes Sancho again for his provencial speech.
(d) The eccliastic takes notes for a sermon.

8. What does Sancho finally have the courage to tell Don Quixote?
(a) That he will not suffer any more abuse.
(b) That he lied about seeing Dulcinea.
(c) That he is leaving him and returning to his isle.
(d) That he is a fool who believes he is a knight.

9. Why were the Duke and Duchess eager to meet Don Quixote and Sancho?
(a) They are madder than Don Quixote.
(b) They are bored and want a diversion.
(c) They had read about them in the First Volume.
(d) They think Quixote is a real knight.

10. What is a goal of Sancho as he assumes his governorship of his island?
(a) To see that girls stay in the home
(b) To see that everyone pays taxes
(c) To stop boys from dressing like girls
(d) To shut down the gambling houses

11. What irritates Don Quixote as he listens to Sancho speak?
(a) His rambling on and on without a point
(b) His butting in to Quixote's conversations
(c) His use of homespun proverbs
(d) His affected speech

12. What is the surprise plot twist as Don Quixote lays on his deathbed?
(a) He writes a will that leaves Sancho Panza out.
(b) It is revealed that Don Quixote is dying from a broken heart.
(c) He renounces his knight errantry as madness.
(d) He receives a visit from an angel.

13. When they come to another inn, what does Don Quixote see?
(a) A fortress
(b) A castle
(c) A cathedral
(d) An inn

14. What humiliation awaits Don Quixote at the castle?
(a) Sancho finally telling Don Quixote that he will finish his beating.
(b) An elaborate charade that calls for him to submit to pinches and pin pricks.
(c) A play about a stupid knight errant.
(d) A wedding with Altisidora they try to make him think is Dulcinea.

15. Who tries early in this second part to get Don Quixote to go home?
(a) The Knight of the Wood and the penitents.
(b) The curate, the barber and the bachelor, Sampson.
(c) The niece, the housekeeper, and Teresa Panza.
(d) The villagers of La Mancha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as they ride up to meet a Duchess and a Duke?

2. Because Quixote is so despondent, what does Sancho agree to do for money?

3. What means of travel does the Duenna say the giant Malambruno will send for them to go to him?

4. Where are Quixote and Sancho taken by the ten horsemen?

5. What does Quixote do when Sancho must leave to assume his governorship?

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