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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. Why is the canon so amazed at Don Quixote's speech?
(a) Because he is so articulate and convincing.
(b) Because he can talk for such a long time without stopping.
(c) Because he is right about everything he says.
(d) Because none of it makes any sense whatsoever.

2. What is the story of the mule driver with the beautiful voice?
(a) He is a prince who has fallen in love with a commoner.
(b) He is a poor poy who is pining away for love of clara.
(c) He is one of the escaped criminals the king is looking for.
(d) He is the son of a wealthy man who is in love with the judge's daughter.

3. What is the giant that Don Quixote attacks in his sleep?
(a) The pillows on his bed
(b) The inn's windmill
(c) Pumpkins stacked in a corner
(d) Expensive wineskins filled with wine

4. What secret does Sancho Panza overhear and tell to Don Quixote?
(a) That Dorothea is not Princess Micomicona.
(b) That the Princess Micomicona no longer has a kingdom.
(c) That the Princess Micomicona has fallen in love with Don Fernando.
(d) That the curate tells the Princess Micomicona to find another champion.

5. How does Don Quixote believe he has been enchanted in the night as he guards the inn?
(a) He sees giants walking everywhere in the courtyard of the inn.
(b) He thinks he sees Dulcinea walking in the moonlight around the inn.
(c) He uses a pitchfork in place of his lance which has been broken to pieces.
(d) He is tricked into being tied by one hand in the barn loft as he stands on the back of Rozinante.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the story within the story that is found at the inn?

2. How does Quixote blend knight errantry and sainthood?

3. Don Quixote tells Sancho that there is no such thing as a knight errant who is not what?

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

5. Why does Teresa fear for Sancho suddenly becoming rich?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Teresa Panza show her practical side?

9. Describe the story of the Captive Captain.

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

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