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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 the dilemma of the steward?
(a) He is supposed to help Sancho but he wants to be the governor himself.
(b) He is supposed to destroy Sancho but he sees the good Sancho is doing.
(c) He likes Sancho and does not want to go back to the castle.
(d) He thinks Sancho is crazy and he can get rich by using him.

2. Where are Quixote and Sancho taken by the ten horsemen?
(a) To the galleys
(b) To the inn that Quixote thinks is a castle
(c) Back to the castle of the Duke and Duchess
(d) To La Mancha

3. What happens to the boat Sancho and Quixote expropriate on the river?
(a) It goes over the falls.
(b) It smashes on the wheel at a mill Quixote imagines is another castle.
(c) It is sunk by angry people who own the boat.
(d) It stops in the middle of the river and will not go further.

4. Why is a substitute used for the man who had been challenged to a duel?
(a) The substitute could be easily beaten.
(b) The actual man was a relative of the Duke's.
(c) The substitute was paid a great deal of money.
(d) The actual man had run away to avoid becoming the son-in-law of the Duenna.

5. Why is Sancho amazed once again at Don Quixote's vast knowledge?
(a) He gives detailed information about Saint George, Saint Martin, Saint James and Saint Paul.
(b) Quixote gives Sancho a science lesson about the moon and stars.
(c) Quixote can anser any question Sancho asks him.
(d) Quixote knows exactly where they are and how to get to where they are going.

Short Answer Questions

1. Back in the castle what happens with Quixote and Dona Rodriguez?

2. How does Sancho perform as the new governor?

3. What ignoble disaster befalls Don Quixote and Sancho out in the countryside?

4. Why does Tosilos reveal himself at the duel?

5. What is a goal of Sancho as he assumes his governorship of his island?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Duchess use her conversation with Sancho Panza?

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

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

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

5. Highlight Don Quixote's advice to Sancho before he leaves to become governor.

6. What occurs when Don Diego de Miranda joins Quixote and Sancho on the road?

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

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

9. Describe Don Quixote's emotional state as he returns to his home.

10. In spite of the set up of Sancho as governor of the island of Barataria, how does he do as a governor?

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