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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 is the story within the story that is found at the inn?

2. Who are the surprise visitors to the group?

3. Who judges the basin to be a helmet, though incomplete?

4. What literary device is introduced in Chapter nine that helps move the story along and give it credence?

5. How does Cervantes plan to see that no further writing is done regarding Don Quixote de La Mancha?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Cervantes presents Sancho as one motivated by money.

3. What happens while Don Quixote is allowed out of the cage on the oxcart?

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

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

6. Tell the story of how Don Quixote becomes entangled with the criminal, Gines de Pasamonte.

7. Discuss Marcela's defense of herself at the funeral of Chrisostom.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a story about the curate of La Mancha who keeps some of Quixote's books and reads them in private.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write a story about Teresa Panza talking to a friend about Sancho Panza.

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