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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the price Don Quixote must pay for his defeat?
(a) He must return home.
(b) He must give Sancho to the knight.
(c) He must become the squire of the Knight of the White Moon.
(d) He must give up Riconante.

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

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

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

5. Back in the castle what happens with Quixote and Dona Rodriguez?
(a) He begins to think she is not a bad person after all.
(b) Quixote keeps his head under the sheets so the Dona will not see his wounds.
(c) The lights go out and they are slapped and pinched in the darkness.
(d) She brings many distasteful things for him to eat.

6. On the galley, Don Quixote gets a royal greeting but what happens to Sancho Panza?
(a) He is picked up by the crew and tossed around.
(b) He is pushed into the sea.
(c) He is tied to the mast.
(d) He is forced to be an oarsman.

7. What does Sancho do in response to Don Quixote's suggestion?
(a) He minds the poor and makes good and just laws, but not too many.
(b) He invites all knights errant to come to the island.
(c) He gives lots of banquets for the wealthy.
(d) He raises taxes and builds schools.

8. What are the omens Don Quixote perceives as meanings he will never meet Dulcinea?
(a) A falling star and a blood red moon
(b) A box full of crickets and a black cat
(c) Dark clouds and spotted goats
(d) The words of a boy and a hare under Dapple

9. Finally, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are invited to a real castle. Who invites them?
(a) A real Duke and Duchess
(b) Dona Rodrigquez de Grijalba
(c) Camila de Camacho
(d) A prince of the realm

10. What means of travel does the Duenna say the giant Malambruno will send for them to go to him?
(a) A giant wooden, flying horse
(b) A caravan of white elephant
(c) A flying carpet
(d) A large blue bull

11. What is the irony of Sancho's coming into political power?
(a) Sancho is so accustomed to having Don Quixote tell him what to do, he is unhappy.
(b) Sancho id becoming the kind of man he has always resented.
(c) Suddenly he has no friends which is unusual for a man like Sancho.
(d) Before he could not have rich food because he was poor; now it is because the doctor thinks it is not good for him.

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

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

14. What does Don Quixote say he would like to become?
(a) A professor
(b) A cleric
(c) A banker
(d) A shepherd

15. What is the significance of Ricote in the the story?
(a) It points out the religious persecution of the day.
(b) It makes a transition for Sancho back into regular life.
(c) It show how people who know the joke can believe Sancho as a governor.
(d) It takes up a few pages in the story.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Don Quixote accidentally crown himself when he puts on his helmet?

2. What do Don Quixote and the Duke do that involves the Duenna?

3. What invitation is given Don Quixote and Sancho when they meet two students and two peasants?

4. What ruse do Basilio and Quiteria play on the bridegroom, Camacho?

5. Who arrives next to see the famous Don Quixote?

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