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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. How does Don Quixote impress Don Diego de Miranda?
(a) His riding style
(b) His kindness to Sancho
(c) His splended armor
(d) His elequent and educated speech

2. What is a goal of Sancho as he assumes his governorship of his island?
(a) To see that girls stay in the home
(b) To shut down the gambling houses
(c) To stop boys from dressing like girls
(d) To see that everyone pays taxes

3. What does Don Quixote want Sancho to do before he leaves to become a governor?
(a) Send a letter to La Mancha so Teresa will know where he is.
(b) Learn to speak without using proverbs
(c) Learn how to dress properly
(d) Learn to write and read a little

4. While staying at the castle of the Duke and Duchess, what does Sancho do every time he gets frightened?
(a) He hides in the Duchess' skirts.
(b) He jumps behind Don Quixote.
(c) He crawls under a table.
(d) He pretends to be the Duke's valet.

5. What humiliation awaits Don Quixote at the castle?
(a) A play about a stupid knight errant.
(b) Sancho finally telling Don Quixote that he will finish his beating.
(c) A wedding with Altisidora they try to make him think is Dulcinea.
(d) An elaborate charade that calls for him to submit to pinches and pin pricks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What irritates Don Quixote as he listens to Sancho speak?

2. What is the point of the Countess of Trifaldi's story?

3. Who do they meet at the inn who is mentioned in the false book about Don Quixote?

4. In a scheme to poke fun at Don Quixote and Sancho, who makes an appearance?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the humorous story of the braying town.

5. What is the finish to the story of the Countess Trifaldi?

6. What elaborate set-up does Don Antonio Moreno arrange to have fun with Don Quixote and Sancho?

7. Describe the last bit of fun the castle servants are allowed to have with Don Quixote and Sancho before they leave.

8. Why is Sancho shocked by the message of Death on the huge wagon of white-clad penitents?

9. What dramatic event happens at the wedding of Quiteria the Fair to Camacho the Rich?

10. How does Sancho respond to more problems presented to him?

(see the answer keys)

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