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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. On what holiday does the ninth chapter of Part Two begin?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) The Fourth of July.
(c) Labor Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

2. Sancho decides in the novel's tenth chapter that Quichotte is "truly" (145) what?
(a) Honorable.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Cuckoo.
(d) Rich.

3. How many security guards show up when "the white lady" (126) launches a racist verbal attack against Quichotte and Sancho at Lake Capote?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

5. Which fairy tale character is Thayer said to resemble?
(a) Hansel.
(b) Rumpelstiltskin.
(c) Goldilocks.
(d) King Midas.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman in the cream house is described as a member of which people?

2. While thinking about the subway posters in Chapter 14, Brother declares himself to be what kind of father?

3. Thayer possesses a counterfeit press pass stating affiliation with which periodical?

4. Quichotte urges Sancho not to be discouraged, saying that what element will be waiting for both of them the following day?

5. When Quichotte insists that he and Sancho must give up their desires and attachments, which element of life does he declare exempt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss an instance in the novel when humor is used to underscore the theme of absurdity.

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

4. For what purpose does Rushdie use an allusion to Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick in Part Two, Chapter 9: An Unpleasantness at Lake Capote, and Subsequent Disturbances in Reality?

5. How do Son's parents discover what happened to Son after his sudden disappearance?

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

7. What is the setting of the novel's eleventh chapter?

8. For what reason does Rushdie utilize a gambling metaphor within Chapter 13 of Part Two?

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

10. On whose behalf is Anderson Thayer meeting with Dr. R. K. Smile in the novel's eleventh chapter?

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