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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 happens when Sancho Panza brays for the town that brays?

2. At the inn, what does Sancho happily observe?

3. What are the omens Don Quixote perceives as meanings he will never meet Dulcinea?

4. What irritates Don Quixote as he listens to Sancho speak?

5. Why do Don Quixote and Sancho believe the outlandish tale?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What elaborate set-up does Don Antonio Moreno arrange to have fun with Don Quixote and Sancho?

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

4. What advice does Don Quixote send Sancho in a letter?

5. Describe the humorous story of the braying town.

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

7. Describe the irony of Sancho's eating habits as governor of the island of Barataria.

8. Why is Sancho shocked by the message of Death on the huge wagon of white-clad penitents?

9. What happens when Don Quixote is finally defeated by another knight who orders him to return to La Mancha.

10. What dramatic event happens at the wedding of Quiteria the Fair to Camacho the Rich?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a story about the curate of La Mancha who keeps some of Quixote's books and reads them in private.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on windmills.

Essay Topic 3

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

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