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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3 | Part 2, Chapter 4 | Part 2, Chapter 5 | Part 2, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Marcela's argument that she is not responsible for the death of Chrysostom?
(a) She has warned Chrysostom to leave her alone and find another girl.
(b) She knows nothing of Chrysostom's fixation on her.
(c) Her beauty does not obligate her to love those who love her for it.
(d) She does not know how a nobleman can waste away for a shepherdess.

2. How can the first of Don Quixote's adventures be described?
(a) They are completely imaginary in Don Quixote's head.
(b) They are misadventures that end in disaster for Don Quixote and a boy he tries to save.
(c) They are his first encounters with giants he needs to slay.
(d) They are histerically funny adventures that see him victorious.

3. How does Cervantes plan to see that no further writing is done regarding Don Quixote de La Mancha?
(a) By seeing him dead and buried at the end of Part Two.
(b) By writing the rest of the books in code.
(c) By allowing only a select few people to see his work.
(d) By getting a legal restraining order.

4. What imaginative tale does Dorothea tell Don Quixote?
(a) That she is the Princess Micomicona of the land of Micomicon whose kingdom has been taken over by a giant by the name of Pandafilando of the Malignant.
(b) That she must marry a giant to regain her lost kingdom.
(c) That an evil mage has enchanted her kingdom and she cannot return.
(d) That a knight errant will destroy her and take over her kingdom.

5. How do the niece and housekeeper rationalize the disappearance of Don Quixote's books?
(a) They make Don Quixote believe he gave them away.
(b) They blame an enchanter.
(c) They blame the curate.
(d) They blame the rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sancho thinks Quixote's captors are not demons at all. What is Quixote's response to that suggestion?

2. In the night, Don Quixote attacks what Sancho fears to be twenty or more ghosts. Why is he victorious?

3. What secret does Don Fernando confide to Cardenio?

4. What is Cervantes' complaint in the prologue to the second part of The Adventures of Don Quixote?

5. Which two of Quixote's chivalric heroes inspire him to do a penance in the mountain?

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