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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 happens when Sancho Panza brays for the town that brays?

2. The curate, the barber, and the bachelor are not in agreement with whom over Quixote's decision to become a shepherd?

3. What strange thing does the bandit, Roque Guinart ,do after his men bring in a group of travelers?

4. Why does Don Quixote go to Barcelona instead of Saragossa?

5. Why does Don Quixote think Dulcinea is still enchanted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem involving the Infanta Antonomasia?

2. Describe the humorous story of the braying town.

3. What happens when Don Quixote attempts to take matters into his own hands to finish Sancho's thrashing?

4. What occurs when Don Diego de Miranda joins Quixote and Sancho on the road?

5. What dramatic event happens at the wedding of Quiteria the Fair to Camacho the Rich?

6. What happens on the River Ebro?

7. Describe the irony of Sancho's eating habits as governor of the island of Barataria.

8. What second encounter with livestock happens to the Don and Sancho before they are arrested by the ten horsemen?

9. Explain how Master Pedro and his trained ape are able to identify Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on what Don Quixote considers the Godlen Age.

Essay Topic 2

Write a story about what Sancho Panza is like when he turns fifty-two.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about what you would have been in the days of knights errant.

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