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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. The television show used by Quichotte to instruct Sancho in the ways of love first aired in which year?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1965.

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

3. In what position does Hoke work for Miss Salma R.?
(a) Dog walker.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Chauffeur.

4. The narrator describes the whole of Rushdie's novel by using which two adjectives?
(a) Lithe and supple.
(b) Fragmented and hallucinatory.
(c) Quick and dirty.
(d) Plural and sprawling.

5. What is the nature of the quarrel that developed between Sister and DuChamp?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Territorial.
(c) Financial.
(d) Logistical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quichotte tells Sancho near the end of the first chapter that what event will occur if they fail on their quest?

2. In the novel's third chapter, the mother of Miss Salma R. is likened to whom?

3. Sancho states that Quichotte, whom he calls Dad, is how many years old?

4. The narrator opens the fourth chapter of the novel by stating, "They do things differently" (53) in which country?

5. What type of education did Sister complete against her parents' wishes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the catalyst for Miss Salma R's doctors' decision to prescribe electroconvulsive therapy treatments?

3. In what way is irony used to portray the depths of Dr. Smile's deceitful ways?

4. Describe Sancho's overall impressions of his father Quichotte.

5. What type of correspondence does Quichotte use to communicate with Miss Salma R for the first time?

6. What is Miss Salma R's history in relation to marriage?

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

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

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

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

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