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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of reception does Don Quixote receive from the goatherds?
(a) The goarherds laugh at him and send him away.
(b) He is welcomed, fed, entertained and medicated.
(c) The goatherds fear him because he is mad.
(d) He is set upon to see if he has money.

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

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

4. How does Sancho Panza regain Dapple?
(a) The mule has bucked off its captor and headed back to La Mancha.
(b) Don Quixote finds the mule in the castle stables.
(c) Gines de Pasamonte rides up disguised as a gypsy but Sancho Panza recognizes him.
(d) Don Quixote offers a large reward for the mule.

5. Which two of Quixote's chivalric heroes inspire him to do a penance in the mountain?
(a) Amadis and Orlando
(b) Arthur and Lancelot
(c) Valiant and Gawain
(d) Peter and Paul

6. 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

7. What unlikely group of men does Don Quixote set free and enjoin them to go tell Dulcinea of their release?
(a) A group of Christians captured by the Moors
(b) A group of criminals being taken to the galleys
(c) A group of actors rehearsing for a play
(d) A group of soldiers on military training

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

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

10. What characteristic do Quixote and the innkeeper share as observed by Dorothea and Cardenio?
(a) They are about the same age, height, and build.
(b) They are both fond of money and use tricks to get it.
(c) They both love fighting with uneducated people.
(d) They both love the books of chivalry and believe them to be true.

11. 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 an evil mage has enchanted her kingdom and she cannot return.
(c) That a knight errant will destroy her and take over her kingdom.
(d) That she must marry a giant to regain her lost kingdom.

12. What is the irony when Don Quixote speaks to a group of people?
(a) His speech sounds madder than his actions.
(b) He can only speak things he has read in a book.
(c) His speech is halting and not at all like that of a noble knight.
(d) His speech is eloquent even though he suffers from madness.

13. What is Don Quixote's explanation for the way the people at the inn toss Sancho into the air from a blanket?
(a) Sancho allowed it to happen so Don Quixote could escape.
(b) They had fun with Sancho because they could not do that to a knight errant.
(c) Sancho had it coming to him.
(d) The castle is enchanted.

14. What is the story of the mule driver with the beautiful voice?
(a) He is the son of a wealthy man who is in love with the judge's daughter.
(b) He is a poor poy who is pining away for love of clara.
(c) He is a prince who has fallen in love with a commoner.
(d) He is one of the escaped criminals the king is looking for.

15. In the night, Don Quixote attacks what Sancho fears to be twenty or more ghosts. Why is he victorious?
(a) They are mourners taking a body to Segovia and are unarmed.
(b) They think there are many men attacking them.
(c) They think Don Quixote and Sancho are ghosts.
(d) They cannot see well in the darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are four horsemen looking for at the inn?

2. Why does Lothario think Camilla is being unvirtuous?

3. When Sancho tells his wife, Teresa, that he is going again with Don Quixote, what advice does Teresa give?

4. How does Cervantes plan to see that no further writing is done regarding Don Quixote de La Mancha?

5. Why does Teresa fear for Sancho suddenly becoming rich?

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