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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. During the visit of the curate and the barber, why is there a commotion outside Don Quixote's door?

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

3. Why does Sancho Panza doubt that the enchanted demons are real?

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

5. How do they manage to escape the Moorish land and take Zoraida with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of the Princess Micomicona, of the land of Micomicon?

2. Give evidence that the farmer's daughter is a popular theme in Cervantes' writing.

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

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

5. How does Teresa Panza show her practical side?

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

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

8. What is the significance of the Knight of the Wood?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a story about Gines de Pasamonte's committing a great robbery and going back to the galleys.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write a story about something great you imagine Don Quixote doing that is not in the book.

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