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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How do the curate and the barber plan to get Quixote to return with them to La Mancha?
(a) They change all the road signs along the way.
(b) They send a false message saying Dulcinea bids Quixote to come to her immediately.
(c) They make him believe that the giants have invaded La Mancha.
(d) They plan to tie him up in his sleep.

3. Why do Sancho and the squire of the Knight of the Wood go off by themselves?
(a) Don Quixote orders them to go away.
(b) The knight's squire is Sancho's cousin.
(c) The Knight of the Wood is shocked that Sancho speaks up so freely.
(d) They want to talk about their crazy masters.

4. What do the curate and the barber try to avoid when they go to visit Quixote at home?
(a) Reminding Quixote about his knightly obligations
(b) Talking about knight errantry
(c) Asking about Dulcinea
(d) Talking about Sancho Panza

5. In yet another coincidence, what happens when a learned judge arrives at the inn with his beautiful daughter?
(a) The Captive Captain recognizes the judge as his brother.
(b) The girl turns out to be Zoraida's long lost sister.
(c) The judge has come to take Don Quixote back to La Mancha.
(d) The judge is looking for some escaped criminals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Don Quixote receive his knighthood?

2. What shows Sancho Panza's simple mind as he meets up with the barber and the curate at the inn?

3. What stops the melee at the inn in the middle of the night?

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

5. Why does Lothario think Camilla is being unvirtuous?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give a physical description of Quizada before he transforms himself into Don Quixote.

2. How do many people abuse Don Quixote's madness?

3. Relate how Sancho Panza prevents Don Quixote from charging toward a loud noise in the dark of night.

4. What is the significance of the Knight of the Wood?

5. Give evidence that the farmer's daughter is a popular theme in Cervantes' writing.

6. Describe Dorothea's relationship with Don Fernando.

7. What is Sancho's comic rationale for believing Don Quixote is not in an enchanted cage at all?

8. Summarize Don Quixote's idea of the Golden Age.

9. Discuss Don Quixote's illusions that cause him to do battle with strange things.

10. Describe the story of the Captive Captain.

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