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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Don Quixote and Sancho go into the village the next morning, what is their problem?
(a) Neither of them has ever seen Dulcinea and they do not know where to find her.
(b) The priest at the church thinks they are up to no good and refuses to tell them where to find Dulcinea.
(c) Dulcinea has traveled to Madrid to visit the Queen.
(d) Dulcinea is in the village selling wheat but they do not recognize her.

2. What common object becomes the means of correspondence with the Captive Captain?
(a) A cane
(b) A pillowcase
(c) A bottle
(d) A teapot

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

4. When Don Quixote sets out again on adventures, who does he take with him?
(a) The barber
(b) Dulcinea
(c) Lothario
(d) Sancho Panza

5. Who are the surprise visitors to the group?
(a) A goat and its goatherd
(b) The ghosts of two knights errant
(c) Some real demons
(d) Dulcinea and her entourage

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

7. How do they manage to escape the Moorish land and take Zoraida with them?
(a) They are freed in a raid by spanish troops.
(b) Zoraida's father learns of her desire to go to a Christian country and helps them.
(c) They manage to rob the cruel Moor who is their master.
(d) She gives them enough money to ransom themselves and buy a boat.

8. Sancho thinks Quixote's captors are not demons at all. What is Quixote's response to that suggestion?
(a) He tells Sancho that they only appear to be flesh and blood.
(b) He agrees with Sancho but can do nothing.
(c) He says that Sancho is so hungry he is hallucinating.
(d) He insists that they are demons and he and Sancho have been enchanted.

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

10. What is Cervantes' complaint in the prologue to the second part of The Adventures of Don Quixote?
(a) That the first part is really enough except for the public demand for more.
(b) That he is being forced to write a second part to satisfy royalty.
(c) That some writer had written a second part plagirizing the character of Don Quixote.
(d) That he has made no money off of the first part already in circulation.

11. What does Don Quixote imagine to be the legendary helmet of Mambrino?
(a) A tea kettle
(b) A mop bucket
(c) A gravy boat
(d) A brass barber's bowl

12. What device does Cervantes use to introduce the comedic nature of Don Quixote?
(a) A gypsy fortune teller
(b) Silly advice from a friend
(c) A dream sequence
(d) Talking animals

13. Why does Teresa fear for Sancho suddenly becoming rich?
(a) She says that he knows nothing about handling money and will lose it all.
(b) She says that he will have relatives coming to him that he never knew he had.
(c) She says that he will get high ideas and divorce her.
(d) She says that nobody looks at poor people but they stare at the rich.

14. On their next adventure, where do Don Quixote and Sancho Panza head first?
(a) Back to the inn that Quixote thinks is a castle
(b) To the mountains for some training
(c) To El Toboso to get the blessing of the Lady Dulcinea
(d) To Constantinople to start a crusade

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sancho's plan to deceive Don Quixote about the Lady Dulcinea?

2. In yet another tale within the tale, who does the captive captain contrive to rescue?

3. These early adventures of Don Quixote establish what theme that runs throughout the novel?

4. How does the protagonist slip into the fantasy world of Don Quixote de la Mancha?

5. What makes Sancho Panza drop his demand for a salary?

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