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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. Sancho thinks Quixote's captors are not demons at all. What is Quixote's response to that suggestion?
(a) He insists that they are demons and he and Sancho have been enchanted.
(b) He agrees with Sancho but can do nothing.
(c) He says that Sancho is so hungry he is hallucinating.
(d) He tells Sancho that they only appear to be flesh and blood.

2. How do they manage to escape the Moorish land and take Zoraida with them?
(a) They are freed in a raid by spanish troops.
(b) She gives them enough money to ransom themselves and buy a boat.
(c) They manage to rob the cruel Moor who is their master.
(d) Zoraida's father learns of her desire to go to a Christian country and helps them.

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

4. On their next adventure, where do Don Quixote and Sancho Panza head first?
(a) To Constantinople to start a crusade
(b) To El Toboso to get the blessing of the Lady Dulcinea
(c) To the mountains for some training
(d) Back to the inn that Quixote thinks is a castle

5. What are four horsemen looking for at the inn?
(a) The Captive Captain who had a bounty on his head.
(b) Don Quixote who is wanted by the king.
(c) Don Luis, the boy who is following Clara.
(d) Sancho Panza who has not paid his taxes to the crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Sancho Panza when he drinks Don Quixote's balm of wine, oil, salt and rosemary?

2. What is the irony when Don Quixote speaks to a group of people?

3. Who judges the basin to be a helmet, though incomplete?

4. Which two of Quixote's chivalric heroes inspire him to do a penance in the mountain?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Rocinante.

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