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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. Quichotte promises to teach Sancho different dialects of which language?
(a) Hindi.
(b) Latin.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

2. Quichotte tells Sancho that "Human life is mostly" (150) what?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Unhappiness.
(c) Drudgery.
(d) Waiting.

3. Quichotte tells Sancho in the novel's tenth chapter, "Only knowledge of" what "can save us now" (145)?
(a) Mortality.
(b) The past.
(c) The divine.
(d) The beloved.

4. Who bestowed the name of the Human Trampoline in Quichotte's sister, according to him?
(a) Quichotte.
(b) Brother.
(c) Ex-Wife.
(d) The Human Trampoline.

5. What is NOT an action taken by the "giant mosaic portraits" (215) on the walls of the subway station in Chapter 14?
(a) They stare at him.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They find him wanting.
(d) They judge him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city does Thayer attend a conference in the eleventh chapter of the novel?

2. Jonesco mysteriously examines which parts of Quichotte and Sancho's bodies in the novel's twelfth chapter?

3. Besides the one attempt to camp, where do Quichotte stay throughout their road trip?

4. The narrator states in the tenth chapter that the idea of Miss Salma R has by now become "a creation of" (145) all but which of the following things in Quichotte's mind?

5. What type of accent does Jonesco have, according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the weather that greets Quichotte and Sancho when they finally arrive in New York City and discuss its significance.

2. Under what circumstances does Son disappear for several weeks?

3. How do Quichotte and Sancho escape from the mastodons in Berenger, New Jersey?

4. For what reason do Quichotte and Sancho visit Lake Capote in Colorado?

5. What element is said to be desired by Sancho more than any other?

6. What element does Quichotte name as "the only antidote for human misery" (156) and with whom does he share this information?

7. What positive traits does Miss Salma R come to believe Quichotte possesses, after reading two of his letters?

8. What is the symbolism of Babajan's laugh, as revealed in the novel's eleventh chapter?

9. Discuss an instance of foreshadowing used within Part Two of Quichotte.

10. To what creature does Rushdie compare Quichotte as he is "driving the Cruze out of the Lincoln Tunnel into Manhattan" (192) and why?

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