Don Quixote Book I Quizzes

Don Quixote Book I Quiz 1

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

Aluminum

Bronze

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

Friston

Muñaton

She claims not to know.
4 At the beginning of the novel, what is the name of Sancho Panza's wife?
Teresa

Juanita

Ursula

Juana
5 After battling the windmills in Chapter 8, what does Don Quixote use for a lance?
An old sword

A shepherd's rod

A tree branch

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

El Ceballo

Dapple

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

General in an army

Governor of an island

Magistrate of a town
8 Who explicitly claims to "destroy the authority" of the books of chivalry?
Cid Hamet Ben Engeli

Cervantes

The priest

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

Juana Panza

Sancho Panza

Don Quixote
10 Who describes knights-errant as men similar to monks?
Marcela

Don Vivaldo

Chrysostom

Sancho Panza
11 What does "Chrysostom" mean?
Golden-lipped

Golden-mouthed

Golden-haired

Golden-blessed
12 Who recites a poem entitled "The Song of Despair"?
Cardenio

Don Quixote

Vivaldo

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

Sancho Panza

Marcela

Don Quixote
14 What is the trade of the Yangüesians?
Horse-breeding

Goldsmithing

Innkeeping

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

Maritornes

Griselda

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

Don Quixote

Sancho Panza

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

Because he has lost his delusions.

Because he needs a name that will win fame.

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

Don Quixote

Both Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Sancho Panza
19 When Don Quixote claims to see Alifanfaron, what does Sancho perceive Alifanfaron to be?
A lamb

A barber's basin

A windmill

An inn
20 In reality, what is the "helmet of Mambrino"?
A schoolboy's plumed cap

A piece of pasteboard

An old helmet

A barber's basin
21 Who is Alonso Lopez?
A horse-breeder

An enemy of Don Quixote

A mourner in a procession

An innkeeper
22 Whose conversations are ironically described as "sage discourse"?
Don Quixote and an innkeeper

Don Quixote and the sage Muñaton

Don Quixote and the sage Friston

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
23 What is the Sierra Morena?
A Moorish graveyard

An enchanter

A wooded mountainous region

The hilly interior of Spain
24 Who greets Don Quixote as if he were an "old friend"?
The Knight of the Green Riding-Suit

The Ragged Knight of the Sorry Countenance

Sancho Panza

Don Fernando
25 Who did Cardenio hope to marry?
Lucinda

Dorotea

Lucrezia

Marcela

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