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

2. Why does Lothario think Camilla is being unvirtuous?

3. What symbolism does Cervantes use to express the closeness of Quixote and Sancho?

4. What is the cause of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza getting a brutal beating from the Yanguesan carriers?

5. Why is the canon so amazed at Don Quixote's speech?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the visit of the barber and the curate to Don Quixote after his return home.

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

5. Describe Dorothea's relationship with Don Fernando.

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

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

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

9. Discuss how Don Quixote always explains away any adverse events or circumstances.

10. How do many people abuse Don Quixote's madness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a story about something great you imagine Don Quixote doing that is not in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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