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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 happens as they ride up to meet a Duchess and a Duke?
(a) Don Quixote see them as evil rulers.
(b) They knock over the tent where the Duke and Duchess are sitting.
(c) They make fools of themselves falling off their mounts.
(d) They allow Dapple and Rozinante to eat from the table.

2. What happens to the boat Sancho and Quixote expropriate on the river?
(a) It goes over the falls.
(b) It stops in the middle of the river and will not go further.
(c) It is sunk by angry people who own the boat.
(d) It smashes on the wheel at a mill Quixote imagines is another castle.

3. What one last joke is played on Don Quixote and Sancho before they leave the castle?
(a) They put the Duchess' handkerchief in Sancho's pants pocket.
(b) They put ants in Don Quixote's armor.
(c) They tie the tails of Dapple and Roxinante together.
(d) Altisidora accuses Quixote of stealing her garters.

4. What is the literary significance of the pit Sancho and Dapple fall into?
(a) It represents a new beginning for Sancho.
(b) It represents a kind of fall from grace.
(c) It represents how his wife will react when she finds out he quit his job.
(d) It represents the intrigue of the court.

5. Back in the castle what happens with Quixote and Dona Rodriguez?
(a) He begins to think she is not a bad person after all.
(b) She brings many distasteful things for him to eat.
(c) Quixote keeps his head under the sheets so the Dona will not see his wounds.
(d) The lights go out and they are slapped and pinched in the darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the mysterious Knight of the White Moon?

2. How does Cervantes work yet another side plot into his story at the point of boarding the ships?

3. What is the dilemma of the steward?

4. What happens when Sancho Panza brays for the town that brays?

5. How does Sancho's common sense come though during the telling of the Countess' story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens on the River Ebro?

4. How does Sancho show his ignorance upon entering the castle of the Duchess and the Duke?

5. What elaborate set-up does Don Antonio Moreno arrange to have fun with Don Quixote and Sancho?

6. Describe Don Quixote's emotional state as he returns to his home.

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

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

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

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

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