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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. How does Sancho come across as he takes charge of his isle?
(a) He starts plotting how to amass great sums of money.
(b) He does not seem as pleased as he thought he would be.
(c) He forgets all his old friends and family.
(d) He becomes grand and snobbish.

2. On the galley, Don Quixote gets a royal greeting but what happens to Sancho Panza?
(a) He is forced to be an oarsman.
(b) He is tied to the mast.
(c) He is picked up by the crew and tossed around.
(d) He is pushed into the sea.

3. Who challenges Don Quixote and defeats him?
(a) The captain of the guard
(b) The giant of Algiers
(c) The Knight of the White Moon
(d) The Knight of the Mirrors

4. How does Cervantes work yet another side plot into his story at the point of boarding the ships?
(a) He te;;s about drunken Turks who abduct a beautiful Christian woman.
(b) He tells the tale of a Christian woman who is captain of a pirate ship.
(c) He writes about a woman who dresses as a man to find her lover.
(d) He tells about a love affair that goes terribly wrong.

5. While staying at the castle of the Duke and Duchess, what does Sancho do every time he gets frightened?
(a) He jumps behind Don Quixote.
(b) He crawls under a table.
(c) He hides in the Duchess' skirts.
(d) He pretends to be the Duke's valet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tosilos reveal himself at the duel?

2. Who does Quixote insist he meets down in the Cave of Montesinos?

3. What humiliation awaits Don Quixote at the castle?

4. How does Sancho perform as the new governor?

5. What do Don Quixote and the Duke do that involves the Duenna?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the finish to the story of the Countess Trifaldi?

2. Describe the humorous story of the braying town.

3. What causes Don Quixote and Sancho to leave the young shepherdesses they had promised to champion?

4. Explain how Master Pedro and his trained ape are able to identify Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

5. How does Sancho show his ignorance upon entering the castle of the Duchess and the Duke?

6. What is the problem involving the Infanta Antonomasia?

7. How does Sancho respond to more problems presented to him?

8. What trick is played on Sancho that makes him resign his governorship and return to Don Quixote?

9. What happens when Don Quixote attempts to take matters into his own hands to finish Sancho's thrashing?

10. Why is Don Antonio disappointed that Quixote and Sancho are returning home?

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