Don Quixote de la Mancha

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza encounter a group of prisoners being led by guards. Why did Don Quixote attack the guards?

• The guards were beating the prisoners.

• He thought the guards were his enemies.

• He heard that the prisoners didn't want to be forced to work on the ships and wanted to set them free.

In a previous chapter, you learned that "meddling" means "interfering in someone else's business." What is Don Quixote doing here that shows he is meddling?

• He interferes with the guards and the prisoners, which results in the prisoners' being set free.

• He claims to have seen the golden helmet.

Why did Don Alonso, the main character, go "crazy"?

• He was isolated from his friends too long.

• He got a disease.

• He read too much.

Don Alonso only read books about knighthood. Why did this create a problem?

• He believed that all of those fantastic tales were true.

• He would not share the knighthood books with others.

• He became violent.

Don Quixote heard cries coming from a nearby bush and saw a farmer hitting a boy with a leather belt. Why was the farmer hitting the boy?

• The boy was trying to run away.

• The farmer was punishing the boy for not doing his job right.

• The farmer had lost his mind and was insane.

Once the prisoners are freed, what do they do to Don quixote?

• They thank him.

• They attack him and throw stones at him.

• They reward him with gold.

He wrote his most famous book when he was in jail.

• TRUE

• FALSE

He wrote...

What was his full name?

• Miguel de Cervantes Avellaneda

• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

He was born in...

• Alcalá de Henares, Brasil

• Alcalá de Henares, Spain

• Alcalá de Henares, Argentina