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Excerpt from Don Quixote

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

What do Don Quixote's spending habits before the adventure suggest about him?

a)

He enjoyed the company of family and friends.

b)

He was careful and cautious.

c)

He was not very practical.

d)

He had access to tremendous riches.

2.

If Don Quixote had not broken his lance in the battle with the windmill, he probably would have

a)

been abondoned by Sancho

b)

realized his foolishness

c)

continued to fight it and others

d)

given up and gone home

3.

Don Quixote believed the windmills were

a)

sailbots

b)

giants

c)

soldiers

d)

weapons

4.

Don Quote's desire to become a knight-errant was inspired by his love of

a)

hunting

b)

food

c)

books of chivalry

d)

family and home

5.

Which best describes Don Quixote's squire, Sancho Panza?

a)

a complex man, far more clever than he seems

b)

a powerful force of strength and smarts

c)

the bearer of much hatred toward Don Quixote

d)

simple, naive, and faithful to don Quixote

6.

Don Quixote's "brain dried up and he lost his wits." What caused this?

a)

too much reading, too little sleep

b)

too little money to feed himself

c)

too much merry making and fun

d)

too much worry over his estate

7.

Which best describes Don Quixote's horse, Rocinante?

a)

bony and unremarkable

b)

fine and strong, fitting for a knight

c)

one of the finest bred horses in the world

d)

sickly, as if on the verge of death

8.

What difference does Don Quixote see between his role as knight and Sancho Panza's as squire?

a)

A knight is above doing the difficult tasks a quire must.

b)

A knight must deny himself things that a squire can have.

c)

There should be no difference between theri behaviors.

d)

The quire is lesser and should do what the knight does always.

9.

to be renown is to be

a)

acclaimed

b)

unknown

c)

hated

10.

Which is an example of discourteous behavior?

a)

assisting someone with packages

b)

talking during a movie

c)

carving statues from wood

11.

She wanted to redress for her

a)

uneventful existence

b)

damaged property

c)

glamorous friends

12.

Which word means the opposite of enmity?

a)

indifference

b)

hostility

c)

friendship

13.

We sat through the interminable play wondering when it would

a)

finally end

b)

win its first award

c)

result in injury