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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sancho amazed once again at Don Quixote's vast knowledge?
(a) Quixote can anser any question Sancho asks him.
(b) Quixote knows exactly where they are and how to get to where they are going.
(c) Quixote gives Sancho a science lesson about the moon and stars.
(d) He gives detailed information about Saint George, Saint Martin, Saint James and Saint Paul.

2. Why do so many people in Barcelona know Don Quixote's name?
(a) People there have read the Benengeli history.
(b) Don Antonio has pinned his name across his back.
(c) Sancho goes ahead and tells everyone who is coming.
(d) Barcelona people are friendlier than others.

3. Who does Sancho get into an argument with about waiting women?
(a) The stable boy dressed as a woman
(b) One of the traveling actors they had met earlier
(c) A scullery maid from the Duke's kitchen
(d) Dona Rodrigquez de Grijalba

4. What means of travel does the Duenna say the giant Malambruno will send for them to go to him?
(a) A flying carpet
(b) A caravan of white elephant
(c) A large blue bull
(d) A giant wooden, flying horse

5. What ignoble disaster befalls Don Quixote and Sancho out in the countryside?
(a) They are trampled by swine.
(b) They are attacked by birds.
(c) They are robbed of everything.
(d) They fall into a swamp.

6. Because Quixote is so despondent, what does Sancho agree to do for money?
(a) He will trade Dapple for Dulcinea.
(b) He will beat himself for a set amount per lash.
(c) He will go and bring Dulcinea to Quixote.
(d) He will find the person who enchanted Dulcinea.

7. What strange thing does the bandit, Roque Guinart ,do after his men bring in a group of travelers?
(a) He takes all the horses and sends them on walking.
(b) He lets everyone go except the President's Lady.
(c) He does not rob them of anything.
(d) He returns most of their goods and money to them.

8. Why were the Duke and Duchess eager to meet Don Quixote and Sancho?
(a) They are madder than Don Quixote.
(b) They are bored and want a diversion.
(c) They think Quixote is a real knight.
(d) They had read about them in the First Volume.

9. What observation does Sancho Panza make when the steward comes to take him to his governorship?
(a) No one has told him where his governorship is.
(b) The Duke and Duchess are not there to see him off.
(c) The steward is the one who plays the part of Countess Trifaldi.
(d) It should be a baron to take him to such a place.

10. What do Don Quixote and the Duke do that involves the Duenna?
(a) They write unsigned love letters to her.
(b) They decide to play a good trick on her.
(c) They plan to repay her for all the tricks she has played on Quixote.
(d) They accept the challenge to help her daughter.

11. How does the Countess of Trifaldi attempt to capture the interest of Don Quixote?
(a) With a tale of a giant
(b) With a tale of two lovers
(c) With a tale of dragons
(d) With a tale of an evil count

12. Back in the castle what happens with Quixote and Dona Rodriguez?
(a) Quixote keeps his head under the sheets so the Dona will not see his wounds.
(b) She brings many distasteful things for him to eat.
(c) The lights go out and they are slapped and pinched in the darkness.
(d) He begins to think she is not a bad person after all.

13. What humiliation awaits Don Quixote at the castle?
(a) Sancho finally telling Don Quixote that he will finish his beating.
(b) A wedding with Altisidora they try to make him think is Dulcinea.
(c) An elaborate charade that calls for him to submit to pinches and pin pricks.
(d) A play about a stupid knight errant.

14. Who does Quixote insist he meets down in the Cave of Montesinos?
(a) Durandarte, an enchanted knight who had his heart removed for love when he was vanquished.
(b) The knights of the Round Table
(c) St. George's dragon
(d) Sir Arthur and his magic sword

15. When everyone else leaves the table, where does Sancho go?
(a) With the servants to play games
(b) To the moat to take a swim
(c) To the stable to check on Dapple
(d) To hold a conversation with the Duchess

Short Answer Questions

1. What social gaff does Sancho make in the castle?

2. What sage thing does Sancho say that astonishes Don Quixote?

3. How does Sancho's common sense come though during the telling of the Countess' story?

4. Why is a substitute used for the man who had been challenged to a duel?

5. Why does Tosilos reveal himself at the duel?

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