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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 symbolism does Cervantes use to express the closeness of Quixote and Sancho?
(a) The common belief in enchantment
(b) The closeness of Dapple and Rozinante
(c) The Knight of the Wood and his squire
(d) The sun and the moon

2. These early adventures of Don Quixote establish what theme that runs throughout the novel?
(a) That his meddling seldom has the resultsfor which he plans.
(b) That the age of chivalry is not dead.
(c) That he wins people over by his great imagination.
(d) That he is invincible when he wears his armor.

3. What argument does the niece use to try and get her uncle to stay home?
(a) She argues that poor men cannot become knights.
(b) She suggests that his health will not hold out.
(c) She says that he can go only if he takes her with him.
(d) She suggests that he needs to wait for new armor.

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

5. As Don Quixote and Sancho Panza look for water in the night, what spooks them?
(a) The sound of many horses
(b) A ghostly moan over the sound of water
(c) A drum beating in the distance
(d) A metallic clanking and the sound of running water

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marcela's argument that she is not responsible for the death of Chrysostom?

2. What is the challenge to knight errantry presented to Don Quixote by Vivaldo?

3. Why is the canon so amazed at Don Quixote's speech?

4. Andres, the boy Don Quixote saves from a beating in his early adventures, shows up and tells Quixote never to help him again. Why?

5. What does the canon think about drama of his day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before the start of the second part of their adventures, why do Sancho and Don Quixote have a disagreement?

2. How does Teresa Panza show her practical side?

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

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

5. Describe the story of the Captive Captain.

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

7. Give evidence that the farmer's daughter is a popular theme in Cervantes' writing.

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

9. How do many people abuse Don Quixote's madness?

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

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