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Names and Characters
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The author of Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

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In what language is Don Quixote written?

Spanish

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What is Cervante's full name?

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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What causes Don Quixote to go insane?

His ceaseless reading of chivalric romance novels

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Don Quixote's faithful, realist squire.

Sancho Panza

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True or False: Don Quixote was not popular until after the death of Miguel de Cervantes.

False

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True or False: Don Quixote is a piece of satire.

True

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True or false: Cervantes wrote 20 or so plays that were highly successful after he published them.

False
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Don Quixote attacks several "giants" with his lance. What were the giants in reality?

Windmills

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Don Quixote's horse

Rocinante

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The most influential religion in 16th century Spain

Roman Catholicism


300

What specific character advances the satirical tone of the novel?

Sancho Panza, the squire
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How long was Cervantes enslaved after being captured in 1575?

5 years

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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

300

Don Quixote's "lady", whose real name is Aldonza Lorenzo

Dulcinea del Toboso

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What significant historical Spanish battle happened in 1588? 

The destruction of the Spanish Armada

400

"Windmill fighting" is a type of ______.

Insult

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Cervantes was in the Spanish army, and he fought in what significant historical battle?

Battle of Lepanto

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Why does Sancho Panza agree to be Don Quixote's squire?

Because he promises that Panza will be the governor of an island

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Who dubs Don Quixote a knight?

An innkeeper

500

The Spanish Muslims that were banished from Spain in 1609

Moriscos

500

Cervantes writes in such a way that one can imagine this story being told in a ____.

Tavern

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When did Cervantes publish the first part of Don Quixote?

1605

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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

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Don Quixote comes across a farmer beating his servant boy. What is the name of the boy?

Andrés

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