Quichotte Test | Final Test - Hard

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Quichotte Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does a particular character send an email message in Chapter 15 while pretending to be Sister?

2. In Chapter 15, the reader learns that Daughter uses what term to refer to her stepfather?

3. Quichotte and Sancho arrive in New York City toward the end of which month?

4. Jonesco, the motel clerk at the Jonesco Motor Inn, mutters under his breath about the need for what objects?

5. From what novel's contents does Sancho learn "the key to survival" (129)?

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

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

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

5. What traumatic childhood scenario within Miss Salma R's childhood is explained in the novel's eleventh chapter?

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

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

8. What odd accessory does Sancho notice around the white lady's neck as he and Quichotte leave Lake Capote?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trace the characterization arc of Salma R's character throughout the novel Quichotte. Discuss whether Salma R is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Rushdie's choice to tell the story of Quichotte using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Rushdie’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of Quichotte.

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