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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. Sancho considers himself to have been born in which location?
(a) Central Park.
(b) DuChamp's mind.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Michigan.

2. Quichotte instructs Sancho in the wisdom to be gleaned from which television show?
(a) The Love Connection.
(b) Jeopardy.
(c) The Dating Game.
(d) Wheel of Fortune.

3. Sancho states that Quichotte, whom he calls Dad, is how many years old?
(a) 60.
(b) 80.
(c) 70.
(d) 50.

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

5. What adjective does the narrator apply to the reader while speaking directly to the reader in the novel's fourth chapter?
(a) Loving.
(b) Patient.
(c) Kind.
(d) Dear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language is spoken by the talking insect encountered by Sancho and Quichotte in the novel's seventh chapter?

3. Quichotte tells Sancho in the seventh chapter, "No great quest, my boy, was ever achieved except by those with" (98) what?

4. DuChamp's sibling known as Sister lives in a neighborhood in what section of London?

5. Which country is NOT one of the three settings featured within the novel, according to the narrator in the fourth chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of Brother's comment about the novel entitled Quichotte having a story that is "plural and sprawling"?

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

4. For what reason does Rushdie allude to the Hollywood stars Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo in the third chapter of Quichotte?

5. Who is Sam DuChamp?

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

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

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

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

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

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