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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. In yet another tale within the tale, who does the captive captain contrive to rescue?
(a) A princess running away from a marriage she does not want.
(b) A group of laves about to be impaled.
(c) A woman and her children who are about to be sold as slaves.
(d) A Moorish lady who wishes to be a Christian.

2. What happens to Camilla, Anselmo, and Lothario at the end of the tale within the tale?
(a) They all die.
(b) Anselmo dies and Lothario and Camilla marry.
(c) Lothario and Anselmo join the army and Camilla becomes a nun.
(d) They all kiss and make up.

3. Found lying on the ground and severely wounded, where is Don Quixote taken by a neighbor?
(a) To an inn where he thinks he is in a castle.
(b) To the local magistrate who will examine Don Quixote's mental ability.
(c) To his door just as the curate and barber arrive with his niece and housekeeper.
(d) To the village where everyone can see him and make fun of him.

4. Who has dinner with Don Quixote after Sancho Panza goes home?
(a) The barber and the priest
(b) His housekeeper and his niece
(c) The mischevious student Sampson
(d) The mayor of La Mancha

5. What is the plan to transport Don Quixote back to La Mancha?
(a) He is tricked into leading them to La Mancha because Dulcinea has come there.
(b) He is held in a makeshift cage on back of an oxcart.
(c) He is taken prisoner by the king's horsemen.
(d) He is ited to the back of his horse and led to La Mancha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cervantes' complaint in the prologue to the second part of The Adventures of Don Quixote?

2. After the beating by the carriers, what does Sancho request that Don Quixote cannot supply?

3. The niece, the housekeeper, the curate and the barber all agree on what as the cause of Don Quixote's madness?

4. What makes Sancho Panza drop his demand for a salary?

5. What does the imagery of the Golden Age represent to Don Quixote?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the visit of the barber and the curate to Don Quixote after his return home.

3. Describe how Cervantes presents Sancho as one motivated by money.

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

5. How does the student Sampson enter into Don Quixote's life?

6. Describe how Cervantes suggests that Don Quixote descends into madness.

7. When Don Quixote sees a girl Sancho says is Dulcinea, what are the circumstances?

8. Outline the story of what Anselmo wants Lothario to do.

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

10. Relate Don Quixote's battle with the giant of Micomicon.

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