Don Quixote: A Hopeful Knight’s Tale Quiz

What is the setting of the fictional story Adventures of Don Quixote?

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

Who are the two main human characters and one animal character introduced in Chapter 1 and what role does each play in the story?

• Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, Dapple

• Don Alonso, Sancho Panza, Rocinante

• Don Alonso, Don Quixote, Rosinante

• Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, Rocinante

How is Don Quixote similar to the knights you read about in “Gloomy Castles and Jousting Knights?

• He is young and inexperienced

• He is old and wise

• He is brave and honorable

• He is curious and adventurous

What are the three stages of becoming a knight in the order that they take place?

• Page, Squire, Knight

• Page, Knight, Squire

• Squire, Page, Knight

• Knight, Squire, Page

What was chivalry and how did it affect a knight’s behavior?

• It was a code of conduct emphasizing honor and bravery

• It was a code of conduct emphasizing laziness and disrespect

• It was a code of conduct emphasizing deceit and cowardice

• It was a code of conduct emphasizing dishonesty and selfishness

In addition to serving as entertainment for spectators, jousting matches served as training for knights. How would a jousting match help a knight in his training?

• It would help improve his cooking skills

• It would help improve his farming skills

• It would help improve his fighting skills

• It would help improve his singing skills

What is the meaning of the word 'honorable'?

• Deserving of respect

• Deserving of disrespect

• Deserving of dishonesty

• Deserving of laziness

What is a character trait?

• A quality or part of someone’s personality

• A quality or part of someone’s nationality

• A quality or part of someone’s appearance

• A quality or part of someone’s intelligence

What does the word 'fiction' mean?

• A story about historical events

• A story about imaginary events

• A story about futuristic events

• A story about real events

What does the word 'joust' mean?

• To ride a horse or other animal

• To practice the fighting skills used by a knight

• To deserve respect

• To participate in a competition