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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. What happens when Dapple is taken by the actors?

2. Found lying on the ground and severely wounded, where is Don Quixote taken by a neighbor?

3. What argument does the niece use to try and get her uncle to stay home?

4. The niece, the housekeeper, the curate and the barber all agree on what as the cause of Don Quixote's madness?

5. Sancho thinks Quixote's captors are not demons at all. What is Quixote's response to that suggestion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do many people abuse Don Quixote's madness?

2. Before the start of the second part of their adventures, why do Sancho and Don Quixote have a disagreement?

3. Discuss Marcela's defense of herself at the funeral of Chrisostom.

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

5. Describe how Cervantes presents Sancho as one motivated by money.

6. Give a physical description of Quizada before he transforms himself into Don Quixote.

7. Describe how Cervantes suggests that Don Quixote descends into madness.

8. When Don Quixote sees a girl Sancho says is Dulcinea, what are the circumstances?

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

10. Discuss how Don Quixote always explains away any adverse events or circumstances.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a story where the Duke and Duchess set up a trick on Sancho that backfires on them.

Essay Topic 2

Write a story about the curate of La Mancha who keeps some of Quixote's books and reads them in private.

Essay Topic 3

Write a narrative poem about Don Quixote finally seeing Lady Dulcinea.

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