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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the imagery of the Golden Age represent to Don Quixote?

2. How does Cervantes poke fun at his own mistakes in writing the first part of The Adventures of Don Quixote?

3. Sancho thinks Quixote's captors are not demons at all. What is Quixote's response to that suggestion?

4. How does Don Quixote receive his knighthood?

5. Who comes to inform Don Quixote of the book that has been written about him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Don Quixote's choice of penance after the release of the prisoners.

2. Before the start of the second part of their adventures, why do Sancho and Don Quixote have a disagreement?

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

4. Describe Dorothea's relationship with Don Fernando.

5. Relate Don Quixote's battle with the giant of Micomicon.

6. How does Teresa Panza show her practical side?

7. How does Don Quixote agree to return to La Mancha?

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

9. What happens when the Don and Sancho meet an acting troupe still in costume?

10. Describe how Cervantes suggests that Don Quixote descends into madness.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a story that is a conversation between Rocinante and Dapple.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper about a favorite knight such as Sir Lancelot or Sir Galahad.

Essay Topic 3

Write a romance you think Cervantes might include in his novel.

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