History
The author of Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
In what language is Don Quixote written?
Spanish
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
What causes Don Quixote to go insane?
His ceaseless reading of chivalric romance novels
Don Quixote's faithful, realist squire.
Sancho Panza
False
True
True or false: Cervantes wrote 20 or so plays that were highly successful after he published them.
Don Quixote attacks several "giants" with his lance. What were the giants in reality?
Windmills
Don Quixote's horse
Rocinante
The most influential religion in 16th century Spain
Roman Catholicism
What specific character advances the satirical tone of the novel?
How long was Cervantes enslaved after being captured in 1575?
5 years
When Don Quixote arrived at the inn, two women helped him to remove his armor. What piece of armor could they not remove?
His helmet
Don Quixote's "lady", whose real name is Aldonza Lorenzo
Dulcinea del Toboso
What significant historical Spanish battle happened in 1588?
The destruction of the Spanish Armada
"Windmill fighting" is a type of ______.
Insult
Cervantes was in the Spanish army, and he fought in what significant historical battle?
Battle of Lepanto
Why does Sancho Panza agree to be Don Quixote's squire?
Because he promises that Panza will be the governor of an island
Who dubs Don Quixote a knight?
An innkeeper
The Spanish Muslims that were banished from Spain in 1609
Moriscos
Cervantes writes in such a way that one can imagine this story being told in a ____.
Tavern
When did Cervantes publish the first part of Don Quixote?
1605
Don Quixote attacks two men thinking they are "certain enchanters who are bearing with them a captive princess in that coach". Who are the two men in actuality?
Two friars of the Order of St. Benedict
Don Quixote comes across a farmer beating his servant boy. What is the name of the boy?
Andrés