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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 arrangements had the Duke made regarding the duel?
(a) To stop the duel and declare Don Quixote the winner
(b) To invite the country people to watch
(c) To convince Don Quixote that it was all an illusion
(d) To keep injury to a minimum

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

3. What is the discussion about between Don Diego and Don Quixote?
(a) The lives of the greatest knights errant
(b) The revival of knight errantry
(c) A comparison of the value of poetry versus the sciences
(d) The current political situation in Spain

4. Why do Don Quixote and Sancho believe the outlandish tale?
(a) Because Malambruno is supposed to be a clever enchanter.
(b) Because they believe any tale that involves a damsel in distress.
(c) Because they have been drugged during dinner.
(d) Because the Duke and duchess appear to believe it.

5. What madness does the puppet show bring on in the mind of Don Quixote?
(a) He thinks the Moors chasing the Catholic lovers are real and he attacks them.
(b) He believes the puppets are warning him against a danger.
(c) He believes the puppets are enchanted and need a magician.
(d) He jumps on his horse and goes looking for Moors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the irony of Sancho's coming into political power?

3. What plot does the Duchess hatch against Sancho?

4. Why does Tosilos reveal himself at the duel?

5. Who tries early in this second part to get Don Quixote to go home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the ten horsemen take Quixote and Sancho back to the castle of the Duke and Duchess?

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

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

5. Discuss Quixote's last hours.

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

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

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

9. Why is Sancho shocked by the message of Death on the huge wagon of white-clad penitents?

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

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