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

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

3. Other than the knowledge inherited from Quichotte, what other source of knowledge does Sancho use to figure out "how the world works" (131)?

4. Who bestowed the name of the Human Trampoline in Quichotte's sister, according to him?

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

2. Which character wants to facilitate a reconciliation between Brother and Sister and why?

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

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

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

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

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

8. For what reason do Quichotte and Sancho stay at Lake Capote only briefly?

9. What is the significance of Brother's encounter with the "mosaic portraits of authors and musicians" (213) in the subway station?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What message is Rushdie sending regarding the source of human flaws and unhappiness?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Rushdie's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Quichotte.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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