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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 giant that Don Quixote attacks in his sleep?

2. What happens to Sancho Panza when he drinks Don Quixote's balm of wine, oil, salt and rosemary?

3. How does Quixote blend knight errantry and sainthood?

4. How does Don Quixote interpret the penitents and their effigy of the Virgin?

5. When Don Quixote sets out again on adventures, who does he take with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rocinante.

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

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

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

5. When Don Quixote sees a girl Sancho says is Dulcinea, what are the circumstances?

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

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

8. How is the character of Don Quixote enlarged and filled out by Cervantes?

9. Describe the story of the Captive Captain.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on kindness to handicapped people.

Essay Topic 3

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

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