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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. Why does Tosilos reveal himself at the duel?
(a) He suddenly desires to marry the Duenna's daughter.
(b) He decides he can see better without a helmet.
(c) He doesn't want to harm an old man.
(d) He gets scared and thinks revealing himself will stop Don Quixote.

2. How does Sancho's common sense come though during the telling of the Countess' story?
(a) He questions why a Queen would die at the marriage of her daughter.
(b) He says that the idea of turning the princess into a brass monkey is absurd.
(c) He suspects the Countess is another of the household maids.
(d) He does not believe Don Clavijo could become a metal crocodile.

3. Where are Quixote and Sancho taken by the ten horsemen?
(a) To the galleys
(b) To La Mancha
(c) To the inn that Quixote thinks is a castle
(d) Back to the castle of the Duke and Duchess

4. What do Don Quixote and the Duke do that involves the Duenna?
(a) They decide to play a good trick on her.
(b) They plan to repay her for all the tricks she has played on Quixote.
(c) They write unsigned love letters to her.
(d) They accept the challenge to help her daughter.

5. What sage thing does Sancho say that astonishes Don Quixote?
(a) We are all the same when we sleep.
(b) I pretend my right hand is paralyzed so I have to use my left hand.
(c) Lions will never sleep with lambs.
(d) Anybody can be a governor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sancho finally have the courage to tell Don Quixote?

3. How does Don Quixote impress Don Diego de Miranda?

4. What is a goal of Sancho as he assumes his governorship of his island?

5. Why do Don Quixote and Sancho believe the outlandish tale?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the problem involving the Infanta Antonomasia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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