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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 Cervantes' complaint in the prologue to the second part of The Adventures of Don Quixote?
(a) That the first part is really enough except for the public demand for more.
(b) That he has made no money off of the first part already in circulation.
(c) That some writer had written a second part plagirizing the character of Don Quixote.
(d) That he is being forced to write a second part to satisfy royalty.

2. Andres, the boy Don Quixote saves from a beating in his early adventures, shows up and tells Quixote never to help him again. Why?
(a) Now no one wants to hire him because they say he has a knight protecting him.
(b) He is punished even worse after Don Quixote rides away.
(c) Everyone laughs at him because he cannot defend himself.
(d) He doesn't want to be any further indebted to the knight errant.

3. 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.

4. In yet another coincidence, what happens when a learned judge arrives at the inn with his beautiful daughter?
(a) The judge is looking for some escaped criminals.
(b) The judge has come to take Don Quixote back to La Mancha.
(c) The girl turns out to be Zoraida's long lost sister.
(d) The Captive Captain recognizes the judge as his brother.

5. How does Sancho trick Don Quixote into waiting until morning to investigate the clanking sound?
(a) He points Rocinante in the wrong direction.
(b) He puts a sleeping powder into Don Quixote's wine.
(c) He loosens Quixote's saddles so it falls off.
(d) He ties Rocinante's back legs together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the surprise after Don Quixote defeats the Knight of the Wood?

2. What device does Cervantes use to introduce the comedic nature of Don Quixote?

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

4. Why does Sancho Panza doubt that the enchanted demons are real?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of the Princess Micomicona, of the land of Micomicon?

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

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

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

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

6. What happens while Don Quixote is allowed out of the cage on the oxcart?

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

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

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

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

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