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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. Who does Quixote insist he meets down in the Cave of Montesinos?
(a) Durandarte, an enchanted knight who had his heart removed for love when he was vanquished.
(b) St. George's dragon
(c) The knights of the Round Table
(d) Sir Arthur and his magic sword

2. What delights Sancho at the wedding?
(a) The fine bed he is given
(b) The beautiful dancing girls
(c) Camacho's vast wealth
(d) The acrobats

3. Who else does Quixote insist he sees inside the cave?
(a) Teresa Panza looking for her husband.
(b) Dulcinea still enchanted as a peasant girl.
(c) The priest and the barbers looking for the way out.
(d) The Knight of the Wood looking for revenge.

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

5. What humiliation awaits Don Quixote at the castle?
(a) A play about a stupid knight errant.
(b) Sancho finally telling Don Quixote that he will finish his beating.
(c) A wedding with Altisidora they try to make him think is Dulcinea.
(d) An elaborate charade that calls for him to submit to pinches and pin pricks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who challenges Don Quixote and defeats him?

2. What happens to the boat Sancho and Quixote expropriate on the river?

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

4. How does the Countess of Trifaldi attempt to capture the interest of Don Quixote?

5. Why does Tosilos reveal himself at the duel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Highlight Don Quixote's advice to Sancho before he leaves to become governor.

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

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

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

9. What is the problem involving the Infanta Antonomasia?

10. Explain why Sancho is conscience stricken after Don Quixote's return from the cave of Montesinos.

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