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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. In the goatherd's tale, who is Marcella?

2. Don Quixote tells Sancho that there is no such thing as a knight errant who is not what?

3. As Don Quixote and Sancho Panza look for water in the night, what spooks them?

4. What happens to Camilla, Anselmo, and Lothario at the end of the tale within the tale?

5. What shows Sancho Panza's simple mind as he meets up with the barber and the curate at the inn?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when the Don and Sancho meet an acting troupe still in costume?

7. How is the character of Don Quixote enlarged and filled out by Cervantes?

8. Describe the story of the Captive Captain.

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

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

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 about Teresa Panza talking to a friend about Sancho Panza.

Essay Topic 3

Write a detailed description of Don Quixote riding on Rocinante down Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.

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