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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 do Don Quixote and the Duke do that involves the Duenna?

2. What ruse do Basilio and Quiteria play on the bridegroom, Camacho?

3. On their trip away from the castle, what misfortune happens to Quixote and Sancho?

4. How does the Duke get Sancho to agree to the self flagellation?

5. What is the significance of Ricote in the the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Don Quixote attempts to take matters into his own hands to finish Sancho's thrashing?

2. In spite of the set up of Sancho as governor of the island of Barataria, how does he do as a governor?

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

4. Explain how Master Pedro and his trained ape are able to identify Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

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

6. What is the finish to the story of the Countess Trifaldi?

7. How does the Duchess use her conversation with Sancho Panza?

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

9. What trick is played on Sancho that makes him resign his governorship and return to Don Quixote?

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

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 an interview you might have with Don Quixote.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about what you would have been in the days of knights errant.

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