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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 two gentlemen Quixote and Sancho meet in the inn?
(a) Don Luis and Don Cardenio.
(b) Don Jeronimo and Don Juan.
(c) Don Juan and Don Carlos.
(d) Don Leandro and Don Camacho.

2. When the wooden horse arrives, why are Quixote and Sancho blindfolded?
(a) They are told they must do that for the horse to fly.
(b) They have to get their eyes ready to see the giant in his dark castle.
(c) They cannot see where the giant's hideout is.
(d) They might get airsick if they could see and look down.

3. Who challenges Don Quixote and defeats him?
(a) The captain of the guard
(b) The Knight of the White Moon
(c) The giant of Algiers
(d) The Knight of the Mirrors

4. What madness does the puppet show bring on in the mind of Don Quixote?
(a) He thinks the Moors chasing the Catholic lovers are real and he attacks them.
(b) He jumps on his horse and goes looking for Moors.
(c) He believes the puppets are warning him against a danger.
(d) He believes the puppets are enchanted and need a magician.

5. What advice does Don Quixote give the young page on the way to the inn?
(a) That he should look for a knight to serve.
(b) That he should go to Italy.
(c) That the military is a good life with chance for advancement.
(d) That he should go back to his master he ran away from.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Quixote insist he meets down in the Cave of Montesinos?

2. How does Roque Guinart handle a mutineer among his men?

3. What happens to the boat Sancho and Quixote expropriate on the river?

4. What is a result of Sancho Panza's replying to the ecclesiastic in proverbs?

5. On the galley, Don Quixote gets a royal greeting but what happens to Sancho Panza?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Don Quixote is finally defeated by another knight who orders him to return to La Mancha.

2. Discuss Quixote's last hours.

3. What trick is played on Sancho that makes him resign his governorship and return to Don Quixote?

4. On the way to the wedding of Quiteria the Fair to Camacho the Rich, why does Quixote scold Sancho?

5. Why is Don Antonio disappointed that Quixote and Sancho are returning home?

6. What causes Don Quixote and Sancho to leave the young shepherdesses they had promised to champion?

7. Explain why Sancho is conscience stricken after Don Quixote's return from the cave of Montesinos.

8. Describe the humorous story of the braying town.

9. What advice does Don Quixote send Sancho in a letter?

10. Explain how Master Pedro and his trained ape are able to identify Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

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