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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object in Sancho's possession does Quichotte recognize from an old photo of himself?
(a) A pair of sunglasses.
(b) A pair of boots.
(c) A baseball cap.
(d) A set of spurs.

2. What kind of a name is Sam DuChamp, according to the narrator of the novel's second chapter?
(a) A pen name.
(b) A palindrome.
(c) An alias.
(d) An Anglicized name.

3. With what name does Quichotte sign the first letter he sends to Miss Salma R.?
(a) Mr. X.
(b) Dr. Smile.
(c) Quichotte.
(d) A Secret Admirer.

4. When Miss Salma R's doctors take her off lithium, they prescribe which treatments instead?
(a) Acupuncture.
(b) Massage.
(c) Electroconvulsive.
(d) Hydrotherapy.

5. What type of education did Sister complete against her parents' wishes?
(a) Law.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Culinary Arts.
(d) Accounting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quichotte instructs Sancho in the wisdom to be gleaned from which television show?

2. From what malady does DuChamp suffer, according to the narrator?

3. In what city is Sam DuChamp said to be based?

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

5. What is the relationship that exists between Dr. R.K. Smile and Quichotte?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Brother's use of the second person point of view in the novel's fourth chapter?

2. What eventuality concerning Dr. R. K. Smile's career is revealed in the novel's fifth chapter?

3. In what way does Rushdie use the subject of the quest narrative to illustrate qualities of Sancho's personality?

4. Who is Dr. R. K. Smile and in what way is he related to Quichotte?

5. In what setting does the novel's fourth chapter take place?

6. For what purpose does Quichotte use an allusion to The Dating Game to teach Sancho about love?

7. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality surface in relation to the novel's protagonist, Quichotte?

8. Describe at least two different levels of reality introduced within the first two chapters of Quichotte.

9. What is the nature of the quest to which the title of Chapter 1 of Quichotte refers?

10. Discuss the malady that Miss Salma R's inherited from her mother and grandmother.

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