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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapter 5: Quichotte’s Cousin, the “Good” Dr. Smile, is a Man of Many Secrets - Chapter 8: Wherein, Turning Away the Brightness of the Beloved, We Examine Her Darkness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language is spoken by the talking insect encountered by Sancho and Quichotte in the novel's seventh chapter?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.

2. Sancho muses near the end of the novel's sixth chapter that for some people, what kind of narrative is always attractive?
(a) Quest.
(b) Bildungsroman.
(c) Flash fiction.
(d) Carnivalesque.

3. During Miss Salma R's severe manic episode, she spent an astronomical amount of money on what types of objects?
(a) Sports cars.
(b) Pieces of jewelry.
(c) Fur coats.
(d) Works of art.

4. Quichotte tells Sancho at the start of the seventh chapter that "Love is" (94) what?
(a) A rose.
(b) All-encompassing.
(c) Strange.
(d) An audition.

5. In the third chapter of the novel, Miss Salma R.'s grandmother is likened to whom?
(a) Natalie Wood.
(b) Fay Wray.
(c) Greta Garbo.
(d) Grace Kelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the novel's second chapter, what new information is revealed about Quichotte?

2. In what state is the Lake Capote Recreation Area?

3. How many spy novels has Sam DuChamp written by the time he embarks on a work of experimental fiction?

4. What is the title of Dr. Smile and his wife's special song?

5. Miss Salma R. has an addiction to which substance, according to the narrator of the novel's third chapter?

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