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

2. After the stoning, Sancho Panza makes what demand on Don Quixote?
(a) He demands a security team to keep them from being beaten.
(b) He demands money again after seeing that Don Quixote is a man of means.
(c) He demands a new horse to ride.
(d) He demands to be made a knight.

3. What is the price Don Quixote must pay for his defeat?
(a) He must give Sancho to the knight.
(b) He must become the squire of the Knight of the White Moon.
(c) He must give up Riconante.
(d) He must return home.

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

5. Who tries early in this second part to get Don Quixote to go home?
(a) The niece, the housekeeper, and Teresa Panza.
(b) The Knight of the Wood and the penitents.
(c) The curate, the barber and the bachelor, Sampson.
(d) The villagers of La Mancha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Don Quixote think Dulcinea is still enchanted?

2. How does Sancho come across as he takes charge of his isle?

3. What is the moral of the story of the braying town going to war with its neighbors?

4. After the feast at Camacho's house, where does Don Quixote want to go?

5. How does the man with the ape know the names of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What second encounter with livestock happens to the Don and Sancho before they are arrested by the ten horsemen?

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

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

9. What event causes Don Diego to invite Don Quixote and Sancho to his house?

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

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