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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 is the story within the story that is found at the inn?

2. What happens when the barber shows up and recognizes the packsaddle and the basin he lost to Don Quixote?

3. What does the canon think about drama of his day?

4. In yet another coincidence, what happens when a learned judge arrives at the inn with his beautiful daughter?

5. Realizing their mistake, where do Don Quixote and Sancho Panza go to hide only to meet up again with Gines de Pasamonte who steals Sancho's ass?

Short Essay Questions

1. Relate how Sancho Panza prevents Don Quixote from charging toward a loud noise in the dark of night.

2. What is Sancho's comic rationale for believing Don Quixote is not in an enchanted cage at all?

3. Describe Dorothea's relationship with Don Fernando.

4. Describe Rocinante.

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

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

7. Describe the story of the Captive Captain.

8. Describe the visit of the barber and the curate to Don Quixote after his return home.

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

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 that is a conversation between Rocinante and Dapple.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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