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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 sage thing does Sancho say that astonishes Don Quixote?
(a) I pretend my right hand is paralyzed so I have to use my left hand.
(b) Anybody can be a governor.
(c) Lions will never sleep with lambs.
(d) We are all the same when we sleep.

2. What advice does Don Quixote give the young page on the way to the inn?
(a) That he should go to Italy.
(b) That he should go back to his master he ran away from.
(c) That he should look for a knight to serve.
(d) That the military is a good life with chance for advancement.

3. On their way back to La Mancha, who do Don Quixote and Sancho run across?
(a) Tosilos, who reveals that he was not enchanted at the duel and also that he didn't follow through with the marriage anyway
(b) The barber and the curate who have come looking for him.
(c) Don Quixote's niece who is on her way to Barcelona.
(d) The troupe of actors they had met earlier and fought with.

4. Who is the mysterious Knight of the White Moon?
(a) Don Antonio
(b) Teresa Panza
(c) Pedro Perez
(d) Sampson

5. What is the moral of the story of the braying town going to war with its neighbors?
(a) People who know how to bray should keep quiet.
(b) Not all war is honorable and glorious.
(c) If you must bray, don't tell anyone.
(d) People should not make fun of people who bray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tosilos reveal himself at the duel?

2. Why is Don Antonio not pleased with the arrangement of Don Quixote going home?

3. While staying at the castle of the Duke and Duchess, what does Sancho do every time he gets frightened?

4. What ruse do Basilio and Quiteria play on the bridegroom, Camacho?

5. When everyone else leaves the table, where does Sancho go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sancho shocked by the message of Death on the huge wagon of white-clad penitents?

2. What elaborate set-up does Don Antonio Moreno arrange to have fun with Don Quixote and Sancho?

3. In a kind of switch, what is Don Quixote's reaction to Sancho's belief about the ride on the wooden flying horse?

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

5. On the way to the wedding of Quiteria the Fair to Camacho the Rich, why does Quixote scold Sancho?

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

7. What advice does Don Quixote send Sancho in a letter?

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

9. Discuss Quixote's last hours.

10. Describe the last bit of fun the castle servants are allowed to have with Don Quixote and Sancho before they leave.

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