Don Quixote: Key Events and Characters

Don Quixote: Key Events and Characters

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

FREE Resource

The video summarizes the story of Don Quixote, a Spanish nobleman who becomes a self-proclaimed knight-errant. Obsessed with chivalric tales, he embarks on various misadventures, often mistaking reality for fiction. His squire, Sancho Panza, accompanies him on these quests. Despite facing ridicule and defeat, Don Quixote remains steadfast in his delusions until he eventually regains his sanity and renounces his past actions. The video encourages viewers to read both books for a full experience.

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Alonso Quixano's main obsession that led to his transformation into Don Quixote?

Collecting armor

Reading books on chivalry

Writing poetry

Traveling the world

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Don Quixote mistake the inn for during his first adventure?

A castle

A fortress

A palace

A monastery

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Don Quixote react when the merchants insulted his lady Dulcinea?

He ignored them

He attacked them

He ran away

He laughed it off

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Don Quixote's niece and friends do to his library?

They expanded it

They sold the books

They donated the books

They burned the books

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who agreed to become Don Quixote's squire in exchange for a promise of governance?

A Benedictine friar

A local barber

A neighboring peasant

Sancho Panza

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Don Quixote and Sancho encounter at the funeral they attended?

A ghost

A knight

A dragon

A wizard

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What caused the fight at the inn where Don Quixote saw a servant girl as a princess?

A magic spell

A misunderstanding

A theft

A duel challenge

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Don Quixote's friends plan to make him abandon knight-errantry?

By burning his armor

By sending him to a monastery

By defeating him in a duel

By taking away his horse

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the condition for Don Quixote's niece to inherit his will?

She must travel to Barcelona

She must become a nun

She must never marry a man who reads chivalry books

She must marry a knight