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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What comes back to Sancho from his behavior toward Don Quixote?
(a) Now he has to make all the decisions.
(b) Now people are asking him for money.
(c) Now he has to hear all court cases.
(d) Now people think he is mad.

3. Why does Don Quixote think Dulcinea is still enchanted?
(a) Because Sancho has not helped him find her.
(b) Because he still has a mission to accomplish.
(c) Because Sancho never receives his 3,300 spanks on the bottom.
(d) Because he has done something wrong.

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

5. How does Cervantes work yet another side plot into his story at the point of boarding the ships?
(a) He writes about a woman who dresses as a man to find her lover.
(b) He te;;s about drunken Turks who abduct a beautiful Christian woman.
(c) He tells about a love affair that goes terribly wrong.
(d) He tells the tale of a Christian woman who is captain of a pirate ship.

6. What advice does Don Quixote give the young page on the way to the inn?
(a) That he should go back to his master he ran away from.
(b) That he should look for a knight to serve.
(c) That the military is a good life with chance for advancement.
(d) That he should go to Italy.

7. What is the point of the Countess of Trifaldi's story?
(a) It mocks Don Quixote as being a phony.
(b) It is a plan to get Sancho Panza to leave Don Quixote.
(c) It is a story to challenge Quixote to tell a better one.
(d) It is a trick to get Don Quixote to fight the giant Malambruno.

8. Who does Quixote insist he meets down in the Cave of Montesinos?
(a) Durandarte, an enchanted knight who had his heart removed for love when he was vanquished.
(b) The knights of the Round Table
(c) Sir Arthur and his magic sword
(d) St. George's dragon

9. Why does Don Quixote go to Barcelona instead of Saragossa?
(a) The Saragossa tournament has been canceled.
(b) Don Jeronimo and Don Juan are going to Barcelona.
(c) Barcelona is closer.
(d) He resolves to go to Barcelona just to discredit the Benengeli history.

10. What ruse do Basilio and Quiteria play on the bridegroom, Camacho?
(a) Quiteria marrying Basilio when it appears he is about to die.
(b) Sending another heavily veiled girl in to wed Camacho.
(c) Pretending that Basilio has kidnapped Quiteria.
(d) Telling Camacho that Quiteria is pregnant with Basilio's child.

11. When everyone else leaves the table, where does Sancho go?
(a) To the stable to check on Dapple
(b) With the servants to play games
(c) To the moat to take a swim
(d) To hold a conversation with the Duchess

12. What ignoble disaster befalls Don Quixote and Sancho out in the countryside?
(a) They are attacked by birds.
(b) They fall into a swamp.
(c) They are trampled by swine.
(d) They are robbed of everything.

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

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

15. On their way back to La Mancha, who do Don Quixote and Sancho run across?
(a) Don Quixote's niece who is on her way to Barcelona.
(b) Tosilos, who reveals that he was not enchanted at the duel and also that he didn't follow through with the marriage anyway
(c) The barber and the curate who have come looking for him.
(d) The troupe of actors they had met earlier and fought with.

Short Answer Questions

1. What delights Sancho at the wedding?

2. How does the Duke get Sancho to agree to the self flagellation?

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

4. How does Sancho's common sense come though during the telling of the Countess' story?

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

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