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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. Why do so many people in Barcelona know Don Quixote's name?

2. What ignoble disaster befalls Don Quixote and Sancho out in the countryside?

3. Why does Don Quixote think Dulcinea is still enchanted?

4. What strange thing does the bandit, Roque Guinart ,do after his men bring in a group of travelers?

5. How does the fake Merlin tell Sancho Panza that the enchantment of Dulcinea can be broken?

Short Essay Questions

1. In a kind of switch, what is Don Quixote's reaction to Sancho's belief about the ride on the wooden flying horse?

2. What event causes Don Diego to invite Don Quixote and Sancho to his house?

3. Why is Don Antonio disappointed that Quixote and Sancho are returning home?

4. Describe the humorous story of the braying town.

5. What occurs when Don Diego de Miranda joins Quixote and Sancho on the road?

6. What second encounter with livestock happens to the Don and Sancho before they are arrested by the ten horsemen?

7. Explain why Sancho is conscience stricken after Don Quixote's return from the cave of Montesinos.

8. Describe Don Quixote's emotional state as he returns to his home.

9. Why do the ten horsemen take Quixote and Sancho back to the castle of the Duke and Duchess?

10. Discuss Quixote's last hours.

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 an essay on windmills.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on what Don Quixote considers the Godlen Age.

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