Don Quixote Book I Quizzes

Don Quixote Book I Quiz 1

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

Pasteboard

Aluminum

Bronze
2 Who does Quixote believe will open the drawbridge to the castle?
The lady of the castle

A sage enchanter

The lord of the castle

A dwarf
3 Who does Quixote's niece accuse of carrying away Quixote's library?
Muñaton

Friston

She claims not to know.

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

Juana

Juanita

Teresa
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

Rocinante

Dapple

El Ceballo
7 In which position of leadership does Sancho hope to serve?
Governor of an island

General in an army

Master of a guild

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

The priest

Cervantes

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

Sancho Panza

Juana Panza

The housekeeper
10 Who describes knights-errant as men similar to monks?
Sancho Panza

Marcela

Don Vivaldo

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

Golden-blessed

Golden-haired

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

Chrysostom

Don Quixote

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

Don Quixote

Marcela

Sancho Panza
14 What is the trade of the Yangüesians?
Goat-herding

Horse-breeding

Goldsmithing

Innkeeping
15 Who is the carrier's lover?
Griselda

Alifanfaron

Maritornes

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

Sancho Panza

Maritornes

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

Because he has lost his teeth.

Because he needs a name that will win fame.

Because he has lost his delusions.
18 Who dares to drink "the true balsam of Fierabras"?
Don Quixote

The goatherds

Sancho Panza

Both Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
19 When Don Quixote claims to see Alifanfaron, what does Sancho perceive Alifanfaron to be?
An inn

A lamb

A windmill

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

A barber's basin

A piece of pasteboard

An old helmet
21 Who is Alonso Lopez?
An innkeeper

A mourner in a procession

An enemy of Don Quixote

A horse-breeder
22 Whose conversations are ironically described as "sage discourse"?
Don Quixote and an innkeeper

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Don Quixote and the sage Friston

Don Quixote and the sage Muñaton
23 What is the Sierra Morena?
The hilly interior of Spain

A wooded mountainous region

An enchanter

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

Don Fernando

Sancho Panza

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

Dorotea

Marcela

Lucrezia

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