Don Quixote Book I Quizzes

Don Quixote Book I Quiz 1

1 Of what material is Don Quixote's first helmet composed?
Silver

Bronze

Aluminum

Pasteboard
2 Who does Quixote believe will open the drawbridge to the castle?
The lord of the castle

A dwarf

The lady of the castle

A sage enchanter
3 Who does Quixote's niece accuse of carrying away Quixote's library?
The devil

Muñaton

She claims not to know.

Friston
4 At the beginning of the novel, what is the name of Sancho Panza's wife?
Ursula

Teresa

Juanita

Juana
5 After battling the windmills in Chapter 8, what does Don Quixote use for a lance?
A tree branch

A shepherd's rod

An old sword

None of the above.
6 What is the name of Don Quixote's horse?
El Ceballo

Rocinante

Dapple

El Toredo
7 In which position of leadership does Sancho hope to serve?
Master of a guild

Governor of an island

General in an army

Magistrate of a town
8 Who explicitly claims to "destroy the authority" of the books of chivalry?
Don Quixote

The priest

Cid Hamet Ben Engeli

Cervantes
9 Who is described as "honest, poor and shallow-brained"?
Don Quixote

The housekeeper

Sancho Panza

Juana Panza
10 Who describes knights-errant as men similar to monks?
Marcela

Sancho Panza

Don Vivaldo

Chrysostom
11 What does "Chrysostom" mean?
Golden-haired

Golden-mouthed

Golden-blessed

Golden-lipped
12 Who recites a poem entitled "The Song of Despair"?
Vivaldo

Cardenio

Chrysostom

Don Quixote
13 Who gives an impassioned speech arguing: "I was born free"?
"The captive"

Marcela

Don Quixote

Sancho Panza
14 What is the trade of the Yangüesians?
Horse-breeding

Innkeeping

Goldsmithing

Goat-herding
15 Who is the carrier's lover?
Maritornes

Griselda

Alifanfaron

None of the above
16 Who is tossed in a blanket and beaten?
Alifanfaron

Maritornes

Don Quixote

Sancho Panza
17 Why is Don Quixote called "The Knight of the Sorrowful Figure"?
Because he suffers from delusions.

Because he needs a name that will win fame.

Because he has lost his delusions.

Because he has lost his teeth.
18 Who dares to drink "the true balsam of Fierabras"?
Sancho Panza

Don Quixote

The goatherds

Both Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
19 When Don Quixote claims to see Alifanfaron, what does Sancho perceive Alifanfaron to be?
A barber's basin

A windmill

An inn

A lamb
20 In reality, what is the "helmet of Mambrino"?
A barber's basin

A piece of pasteboard

A schoolboy's plumed cap

An old helmet
21 Who is Alonso Lopez?
An enemy of Don Quixote

An innkeeper

A horse-breeder

A mourner in a procession
22 Whose conversations are ironically described as "sage discourse"?
Don Quixote and an innkeeper

Don Quixote and the sage Friston

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Don Quixote and the sage Muñaton
23 What is the Sierra Morena?
An enchanter

The hilly interior of Spain

A Moorish graveyard

A wooded mountainous region
24 Who greets Don Quixote as if he were an "old friend"?
The Ragged Knight of the Sorry Countenance

Sancho Panza

Don Fernando

The Knight of the Green Riding-Suit
25 Who did Cardenio hope to marry?
Marcela

Lucinda

Lucrezia

Dorotea

What does Quixote mean by this statement?

In context, Quixote is fighting imaginary enemies. One interpretation of this phrase is one of an allegory which promotes critical evaluations of the actions or motives of others. Another intrepretation is that of an idiom...... fighting a battle...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 10/27/2023 11:03 AM