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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. On their way back to La Mancha, who do Don Quixote and Sancho run across?
(a) Don Quixote's niece who is on her way to Barcelona.
(b) The barber and the curate who have come looking for him.
(c) The troupe of actors they had met earlier and fought with.
(d) Tosilos, who reveals that he was not enchanted at the duel and also that he didn't follow through with the marriage anyway

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

3. How does Quixote continue his tradition of siding with the underdog?
(a) He champions Basilio.
(b) He helps Quiteria escape.
(c) He avenges the peasants.
(d) He teaches the students about knighthood.

4. How does Sancho come across as he takes charge of his isle?
(a) He becomes grand and snobbish.
(b) He forgets all his old friends and family.
(c) He starts plotting how to amass great sums of money.
(d) He does not seem as pleased as he thought he would be.

5. How does Cervantes work yet another side plot into his story at the point of boarding the ships?
(a) He tells about a love affair that goes terribly wrong.
(b) He tells the tale of a Christian woman who is captain of a pirate ship.
(c) He te;;s about drunken Turks who abduct a beautiful Christian woman.
(d) He writes about a woman who dresses as a man to find her lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the galley, Don Quixote gets a royal greeting but what happens to Sancho Panza?

2. What madness does the puppet show bring on in the mind of Don Quixote?

3. Why is Don Antonio not pleased with the arrangement of Don Quixote going home?

4. While staying at the castle of the Duke and Duchess, what does Sancho do every time he gets frightened?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the humorous story of the braying town.

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

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

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

10. What happens when Don Quixote attempts to take matters into his own hands to finish Sancho's thrashing?

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