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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 are the omens Don Quixote perceives as meanings he will never meet Dulcinea?
(a) Dark clouds and spotted goats
(b) A falling star and a blood red moon
(c) The words of a boy and a hare under Dapple
(d) A box full of crickets and a black cat

2. After the feast at Camacho's house, where does Don Quixote want to go?
(a) Back to La Mancha
(b) The cave of Montesinos
(c) The cathedral at Madrid
(d) The enchanted castle

3. How does the Duke get Sancho to agree to the self flagellation?
(a) Bribing him with a large sum of money
(b) Promising him a new green suit
(c) Fear that he might lose the governorship the Duke promised him
(d) Getting him drunk with summer wine

4. What ignoble disaster befalls Don Quixote and Sancho out in the countryside?
(a) They are robbed of everything.
(b) They fall into a swamp.
(c) They are attacked by birds.
(d) They are trampled by swine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is a substitute used for the man who had been challenged to a duel?

3. Who else does Quixote insist he sees inside the cave?

4. Where are Quixote and Sancho taken by the ten horsemen?

5. On their trip away from the castle, what misfortune happens to Quixote and Sancho?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens on the River Ebro?

4. What is the problem involving the Infanta Antonomasia?

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

6. Discuss Quixote's last hours.

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

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

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

10. Describe the irony of Sancho's eating habits as governor of the island of Barataria.

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