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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 surprise plot twist as Don Quixote lays on his deathbed?
(a) It is revealed that Don Quixote is dying from a broken heart.
(b) He writes a will that leaves Sancho Panza out.
(c) He receives a visit from an angel.
(d) He renounces his knight errantry as madness.

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

3. Why does Tosilos reveal himself at the duel?
(a) He suddenly desires to marry the Duenna's daughter.
(b) He doesn't want to harm an old man.
(c) He gets scared and thinks revealing himself will stop Don Quixote.
(d) He decides he can see better without a helmet.

4. Who do they meet at the inn who is mentioned in the false book about Don Quixote?
(a) Don Alvaro Tarfe
(b) Sampson
(c) Sancho Panza's cousin
(d) Don Cardenio

5. What happens when Sancho Panza brays for the town that brays?
(a) They give Sancho the braying trophy.
(b) They tell Sancho that he has a lot to learn about braying.
(c) They make Sancho their mayor.
(d) They think he is mocking them and they stone Sancho and Don Quixote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Duchess so amused by Sancho Panza?

2. What causes Sancho to resign his post and leave his isle?

3. What does Sancho do in response to Don Quixote's suggestion?

4. How is Don Quixote wounded back in the Duke's and Duchess' castle?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In a kind of switch, what is Don Quixote's reaction to Sancho's belief about the ride on the wooden flying horse?

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