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Don Quixote

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Miguel de Cervantes Biography

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Part 1: The Author's Preface
Part 1: Chapter I
Part 1: Chapter II
Part 1: Chapter III–IV
Part 1: Chapter V–VI
Part 1: Chapter VII
Part 1: Chapter VIII
Part 1: Chapter IX
Part 1: Chapter X–XIII
Part 1: Chapter XIV
Part 1: Chapter XV–XVIII
Part 1: Chapter XIX
Part 1: Chapter XX
Part 1: Chapter XXI–XXIV
Part 1: Chapter XXV
Part 1: Chapter XXVI–XXIX
Part 1: Chapter XXX
Part 1: Chapter XXXI–XXXII
Part 1: Chapter XXXIII–XXXIV
Part 1: Chapter XXXV
Part 1: Chapter XXXVI–XL
Part 1: Chapter XLI
Part 1: Chapter XLII–XLIV
Part 1: Chapter XLV
Part 1: Chapter XLVI–LI
Part 1: Chapter LII
Part 2: The Author's Preface
Part 2: Chapter I
Part 2: Chapter II–IV
Part 2: Chapter V
Part 2: Chapter VI
Part 2: Chapter VII–VIII
Part 2: Chapter IX–X
Part 2: Chapter XI
Part 2: Chapter XII–XIV
Part 2: Chapter XV
Part 2: Chapter XVI–XVII
Part 2: Chapter XVIII–XXII
Part 2: Chapter XXIII
Part 2: Chapter XXIV–XXV
Part 2: Chapter XXVI
Part 2: Chapter XXVII–XXXIV
Part 2: Chapter XXXV
Part 2: Chapter XXXVI–XL
Part 2: Chapter XLI
Part 2: Chapter XLII–LI
Part 2: Chapter LII
Part 2: Chapter LIII–LIV
Part 2: Chapter LV
Part 2: Chapter LVI–LVII
Part 2: Chapter LVIII
Part 2: Chapter LIX–LX
Part 2: Chapter LXI–LXII
Part 2: Chapter LXIII–LXIV
Part 2: Chapter LXV–LXXII
Part 2: Chapter LXXIII
Part 2: Chapter LXXIV

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1:  Don Quixote follows a knightly code

a. in hopes of finding a rich wife

b. to make a name for himself with the ruling nobility

c. to find the Holy Grail

d. to find truth


2:  In his first adventure, Don Quixote regards the inn as a

a. brothel

b. castle

c. museum

d. monastery


3:  Don Quixote manages to get himself dubbed a knight by

a. a powerful lord in a castle

b. a traveling merchant

c. a wealthy farmer

d. an innkeeper


4:  Don Quixote convinces Sancho Panza to become his squire by

a. giving him counterfeit money

b. offering him counterfeit jewels

c. promising him the governorship of an island

d. arranging for him to get his own farmlands


5:  After the misadventure with the windmills, Don Quixote

a. attacks two monks

b. accuses Sancho Panza of sorcery

c. mourns for his lost books

d. decides he needs a better horse than Rosinante


6:  The old manuscript, written in Arabic, was composed by

a. a historian named Cid Hamet Benegali

b. the Biscainer

c. a nameless Arab mathematician

d. a well-educated Spanish monk


7:  The bandit, Roque Guinart, is similar to Don Quixote

a. in his eagerness to aid the poor

b. because he is equally unrealistic in his outlook

c. in his fear of horses

d. because both men share a love of Nature


8:  Which character plays a prank on Don Quixote involving a bronze bust that has the ability to answer all questions put to it?

a. Roque Guinart

b. Don Antonio

c. Altisidora

d. The Dey of Algiers


9:  The “Knight of the White Moon” who vanquishes Don Quixote is really

a. Don Gaspar

b. Samson Carrasco

c. Ricote

d. Tosilos


10:  Merlin promises that the enchantment of Dulcinea will be broken if

a. Sancho flogs himself 3,300 times

b. Don Quixote agrees to pay Sancho his back salary

c. the Duke and Duchess agree to adopt Dulcinea

d. Don Quixote will agree to help Countess Trifaldi


11:  After the prank in which Sancho is told his island has been overrun by enemies, Sancho

a. writes another letter to his wife

b. feigns innocence and goes along with the joke

c. punishes his aides

d. retrieves Dapple, bids farewell to his aides, and retires from his governorship


12:  Who said the following: “Just because I am beautiful, I am not obliged to love everyone who loves me.”

a. Dulcinea

b. Don Quixote’s niece

c. the housekeeper

d. Marcella


13:  Who said the following: “A foolish and ill-advised curiosity has robbed me of my life.”

a. Lothario

b. Anselmo

c. Don Ferdinand

d. Princess Micomicona


14:  Who said the following: “This is as much a packsaddle as my father is my father!”

a. Master Nicholas

b. Maritornes

c. the curate

d. a trooper of the Holy Brotherhood


15:  Who said the following: “There are no birds in last year’s nests."

a. Dulcinea

b. The curate

c. Sancho Panza

d. Don Quixote





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