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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do so many people in Barcelona know Don Quixote's name?
(a) People there have read the Benengeli history.
(b) Sancho goes ahead and tells everyone who is coming.
(c) Barcelona people are friendlier than others.
(d) Don Antonio has pinned his name across his back.

3. How does the fake Merlin tell Sancho Panza that the enchantment of Dulcinea can be broken?
(a) He must steal Don Quixote's brass helmet.
(b) He must ride Dapple into the moat.
(c) He must whip himself 3,300 times on the bare buttocks.
(d) He must dress up like a lady in waiting.

4. What does Don Quixote want Sancho to do before he leaves to become a governor?
(a) Learn to speak without using proverbs
(b) Learn how to dress properly
(c) Send a letter to La Mancha so Teresa will know where he is.
(d) Learn to write and read a little

5. How does the Countess of Trifaldi attempt to capture the interest of Don Quixote?
(a) With a tale of two lovers
(b) With a tale of dragons
(c) With a tale of a giant
(d) With a tale of an evil count

6. Who is the unexpected pleasure for Don Quixote in Don Diego's house?
(a) Don Diego's beautiful daughter
(b) Don Diego's personal chef
(c) Don Diego's young wife
(d) Don Lorenzo, Don Diego's poet son

7. What is the literary significance of the pit Sancho and Dapple fall into?
(a) It represents the intrigue of the court.
(b) It represents how his wife will react when she finds out he quit his job.
(c) It represents a kind of fall from grace.
(d) It represents a new beginning for Sancho.

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

9. How does the Duke get Sancho to agree to the self flagellation?
(a) Fear that he might lose the governorship the Duke promised him
(b) Promising him a new green suit
(c) Bribing him with a large sum of money
(d) Getting him drunk with summer wine

10. What is the discussion about between Don Diego and Don Quixote?
(a) The current political situation in Spain
(b) A comparison of the value of poetry versus the sciences
(c) The revival of knight errantry
(d) The lives of the greatest knights errant

11. What happens to the boat Sancho and Quixote expropriate on the river?
(a) It goes over the falls.
(b) It is sunk by angry people who own the boat.
(c) It smashes on the wheel at a mill Quixote imagines is another castle.
(d) It stops in the middle of the river and will not go further.

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

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

14. What causes Sancho to resign his post and leave his isle?
(a) His desire to ride Dapple again
(b) His needing to see Don Quixote
(c) A trick some men play on him and call him a turtle
(d) His homesickness

15. How does Quixote continue his tradition of siding with the underdog?
(a) He helps Quiteria escape.
(b) He teaches the students about knighthood.
(c) He champions Basilio.
(d) He avenges the peasants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the man with the ape know the names of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza?

2. What is the price Don Quixote must pay for his defeat?

3. Why is the Duchess so amused by Sancho Panza?

4. On the galley, Don Quixote gets a royal greeting but what happens to Sancho Panza?

5. What are the omens Don Quixote perceives as meanings he will never meet Dulcinea?

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