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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Don Quixote sets out again on adventures, who does he take with him?

2. Who comes to inform Don Quixote of the book that has been written about him?

3. What is the canon's opinion of the chivalric tales?

4. How does Quixote blend knight errantry and sainthood?

5. What is Marcela's argument that she is not responsible for the death of Chrysostom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Don Quixote's choice of penance after the release of the prisoners.

2. How does Don Quixote agree to return to La Mancha?

3. Discuss Don Quixote's illusions that cause him to do battle with strange things.

4. Describe Dorothea's relationship with Don Fernando.

5. What happens while Don Quixote is allowed out of the cage on the oxcart?

6. Describe Rocinante.

7. Summarize Don Quixote's idea of the Golden Age.

8. How does Don Quixote contrast the life of a soldier and that of a scholar?

9. How does Teresa Panza show her practical side?

10. Tell the story of how Don Quixote becomes entangled with the criminal, Gines de Pasamonte.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about what you would have been in the days of knights errant.

Essay Topic 2

Write a story that includes a long conversation between the housekeeper and the niece.

Essay Topic 3

Write an account of Sampson's training to become the Knight of the White Moon.

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