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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 secret does Don Fernando confide to Cardenio?

2. How do the curate and the barber plan to get Quixote to return with them to La Mancha?

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

4. How does Sancho Panza regain Dapple?

5. What is Don Quixote's explanation for the way the people at the inn toss Sancho into the air from a blanket?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Outline the story of what Anselmo wants Lothario to do.

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

4. Relate Don Quixote's battle with the giant of Micomicon.

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

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

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

8. How does the student Sampson enter into Don Quixote's life?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a letter to Teresa Panza telling her about seeing Sancho at an inn.

Essay Topic 2

Write a story about Teresa Panza talking to a friend about Sancho Panza.

Essay Topic 3

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

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