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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. Who are the surprise visitors to the group?
(a) A goat and its goatherd
(b) Some real demons
(c) Dulcinea and her entourage
(d) The ghosts of two knights errant

2. What does the innkeeper use as a holy book of heraldry in the knighthood ceremony?
(a) A Bible
(b) His ledger book
(c) An old book of chivalry
(d) A catalogue

3. When Don Quixote sets out again on adventures, who does he take with him?
(a) The barber
(b) Lothario
(c) Dulcinea
(d) Sancho Panza

4. What does the imagery of the Golden Age represent to Don Quixote?
(a) The days when literature was at its peak.
(b) The times when uses of metal were discovered.
(c) A simpler, more peaceful time in the age of chivalry.
(d) A time when there was money for everyone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Sancho and the squire of the Knight of the Wood go off by themselves?

2. What happens when they meet a troupe of actors riding in a wagon?

3. In reality, what are the thirty or forty hulking giants Don Quixote attacks only to get seriously injured again?

4. What happens when Dapple is taken by the actors?

5. How do they manage to escape the Moorish land and take Zoraida with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dorothea's relationship with Don Fernando.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the story of the Captive Captain.

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

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

10. Give a physical description of Quizada before he transforms himself into Don Quixote.

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