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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the story within the story that is found at the inn?
(a) The tale of Lancelot and Guinevere
(b) The tale of two cities
(c) The tale of Robin and Marian
(d) The tale of Anselmo and Lothario

2. After the beating by the carriers, what does Sancho request that Don Quixote cannot supply?
(a) A suit of armor to protect him against future beatings
(b) Fierabras balm that Quixote had said would cure anything.
(c) Money so that he can return home
(d) Wine to numb his pain

3. How does Cervantes poke fun at his own mistakes in writing the first part of The Adventures of Don Quixote?
(a) He raises the question of the disappearing ass, Dapple, and its unexplained reappearance.
(b) He discusses putting in so many unrelated stories in the book.
(c) He discusses the absurdity of a man like Don Quixote.
(d) He talks about how the characters in his book are unbelievable.

4. What device does Cervantes use to introduce the comedic nature of Don Quixote?
(a) A dream sequence
(b) A gypsy fortune teller
(c) Talking animals
(d) Silly advice from a friend

5. As Dorothea tells her story, what does Cardenio suddenly realize?
(a) That she is the farmer's daughter Don Fernando promises to marry.
(b) That she can lead him to Lucinda.
(c) That he cannot remember Lucinda's face.
(d) That she is more beautiful than Lucinda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sancho thinks Quixote's captors are not demons at all. What is Quixote's response to that suggestion?

2. During the visit of the curate and the barber, why is there a commotion outside Don Quixote's door?

3. What coincidence does Cervantes use to untangle some of the plot in Chapter 36?

4. What characteristic do Quixote and the innkeeper share as observed by Dorothea and Cardenio?

5. In yet another coincidence, what happens when a learned judge arrives at the inn with his beautiful daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Don Quixote contrast the life of a soldier and that of a scholar?

2. How is the character of Don Quixote enlarged and filled out by Cervantes?

3. Discuss Don Quixote's choice of penance after the release of the prisoners.

4. What is Sancho's comic rationale for believing Don Quixote is not in an enchanted cage at all?

5. How does Don Quixote agree to return to La Mancha?

6. Summarize Don Quixote's idea of the Golden Age.

7. Discuss how Don Quixote always explains away any adverse events or circumstances.

8. What is the significance of the Knight of the Wood?

9. Tell the story of how Don Quixote becomes entangled with the criminal, Gines de Pasamonte.

10. Discuss Don Quixote's illusions that cause him to do battle with strange things.

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