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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 43 | Part 2, Chapter 44 | Part 2, Chapter 45 | Part 2, Chapter 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What coincidence does Cervantes use to untangle some of the plot in Chapter 36?
(a) Don Fernando is attacked by highwaymen and brought to the inn.
(b) Lucinda and Don Fernando show up at the inn.
(c) Cardenio finds Lucinda hiding in the stable.
(d) Don Quixote comes to his senses and decides to go home.

2. What is the giant that Don Quixote attacks in his sleep?
(a) The inn's windmill
(b) The pillows on his bed
(c) Pumpkins stacked in a corner
(d) Expensive wineskins filled with wine

3. How does Sancho show his lack of pretension?
(a) He rejects being called Don Sancho Panza.
(b) He talks only to the poor.
(c) He refuses to sit on a throne.
(d) He wears his everyday clothes.

4. What does Don Quixote want Sancho to do before he leaves to become a governor?
(a) Learn to write and read a little
(b) Learn how to dress properly
(c) Send a letter to La Mancha so Teresa will know where he is.
(d) Learn to speak without using proverbs

5. Don Quixote tells Sancho that there is no such thing as a knight errant who is not what?
(a) Without armor
(b) In poverty
(c) In love
(d) Very old

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Sancho and the squire of the Knight of the Wood go off by themselves?

2. What secret does Sancho Panza overhear and tell to Don Quixote?

3. What symbolism does Cervantes use to express the closeness of Quixote and Sancho?

4. What happens when they meet a troupe of actors riding in a wagon?

5. What happens when Dapple is taken by the actors?

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