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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 invitation is given Don Quixote and Sancho when they meet two students and two peasants?

2. What means of travel does the Duenna say the giant Malambruno will send for them to go to him?

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

4. When the wooden horse arrives, why are Quixote and Sancho blindfolded?

5. What happens when Sancho Panza brays for the town that brays?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the last bit of fun the castle servants are allowed to have with Don Quixote and Sancho before they leave.

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

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

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

5. Discuss Quixote's last hours.

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

7. How does Sancho respond to more problems presented to him?

8. What causes Don Quixote and Sancho to leave the young shepherdesses they had promised to champion?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a story that is a conversation between Rocinante and Dapple.

Essay Topic 2

Write an interview you might have with Don Quixote.

Essay Topic 3

Write a romance you think Cervantes might include in his novel.

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