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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the dilemma of the steward?
(a) He is supposed to destroy Sancho but he sees the good Sancho is doing.
(b) He is supposed to help Sancho but he wants to be the governor himself.
(c) He thinks Sancho is crazy and he can get rich by using him.
(d) He likes Sancho and does not want to go back to the castle.

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

3. What do Don Quixote and the Duke do that involves the Duenna?
(a) They decide to play a good trick on her.
(b) They write unsigned love letters to her.
(c) They plan to repay her for all the tricks she has played on Quixote.
(d) They accept the challenge to help her daughter.

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

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

6. 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 stop boys from dressing like girls
(c) To shut down the gambling houses
(d) To see that everyone pays taxes

7. Why does Tosilos reveal himself at the duel?
(a) He gets scared and thinks revealing himself will stop Don Quixote.
(b) He decides he can see better without a helmet.
(c) He suddenly desires to marry the Duenna's daughter.
(d) He doesn't want to harm an old man.

8. How does Roque Guinart handle a mutineer among his men?
(a) He splits his head with his sword.
(b) He has him hanged from the nearest tree.
(c) He has him horse whipped.
(d) He banishes him from the band of robbers.

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

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

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

12. Why is Sancho amazed once again at Don Quixote's vast knowledge?
(a) Quixote gives Sancho a science lesson about the moon and stars.
(b) Quixote knows exactly where they are and how to get to where they are going.
(c) He gives detailed information about Saint George, Saint Martin, Saint James and Saint Paul.
(d) Quixote can anser any question Sancho asks him.

13. What does Quixote do when Sancho must leave to assume his governorship?
(a) He pays Sancho his back wages.
(b) He starts looking for another squire.
(c) He gives him good advice for ruling.
(d) He gets angry that he cannot go, too.

14. How does Sancho perform as the new governor?
(a) He cannot think of any appropriate proverbs.
(b) His common sense astonishes everyone.
(c) He makes many bumbling mistakes.
(d) He tears his new suit.

15. What happens when Sancho Panza brays for the town that brays?
(a) They give Sancho the braying trophy.
(b) They make Sancho their mayor.
(c) They think he is mocking them and they stone Sancho and Don Quixote.
(d) They tell Sancho that he has a lot to learn about braying.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What comes back to Sancho from his behavior toward Don Quixote?

4. What does Sancho do in response to Don Quixote's suggestion?

5. What sage thing does Sancho say that astonishes Don Quixote?

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