Vocabulary
Characters
Specifics
Details/Expressions
Explanations
100
What is a knight?
A person who fights in armor.
100
Who is Rocinante?
Don Quixote's horse.
100
What is Sancho's typical breakfast foods?
bread and cheese.
100
What does "...was not as crackbrained as..." mean?
Someone is not as crazy as another person.
100
How does Don Quixote describe what the "giants" look like?
They have four arms, each one more than six miles long.
200
When you pierce something, what do you do?
Piercing is making a small hole into something else.
200
What is Don Quixote's real name?
Señor Quexada
200
What does Don Quixote look like?
He is a tall, lean man with a woeful expression on his face.
200
What does "... buried himself in these books" mean?
He read A LOT!
200
What does Sancho want to do if he really were the King of an island?
He would be the king, his wife would be the queen, and all of his children would be princes and princesses.
300
Describe someone who is "crackbrained"
He is CRAZY! or out of his mind.
300
Describe Sancho Panza
A short, fat farmer who lives in the same neighborhood as Don Quixote.
300
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300
What does "The very word breathed music and enchantment." mean?
That one word was so beautiful, it was as if music and happiness was surrounding it.
300
Why does Sancho say this: "Master! Spare the poor giant a few moments of life."
Because at that point they both are flying in the air, but if he waits a little bit, then they will get closer to the ground and get can away safely.
400
What does a woeful expression look like?
A look of someone who is unhappy, or sad.
400
Where do all of these characters live?
They all live in the province of La Mancha
400
Don Quixote believes that a knight without a lady is like...?
WA tree without leaves or fruit.
400
What does Don Quixote mean by saying "The road to victory is often paved with misfortune".
Accomplishing something is never easy, there are always obsticles (problems) that need to be dealt with along the way.
400
Explain what happened when Don Quixote tried to attack the "giant".
He slashed through the sail and he was lifted up into the air. Then, Sancho tried to save him, but he, too was lifted into the air. They both were saved because of another sail below them.
500
The spanish word "dulcinea" means what in English?
Sweetness.
500
Don Quixote says that his enemies are in the shape of windmills, because someone transformed them into them. Who did this?
The ogre, Frestón.
500
How does Don Quixote respond when Sancho keeps insisting that the "creatures" are not giants, but rather windmills?
He insults Sancho by saying he doesn't know anything, and that even if Sancho doesn't recognize that they are giants Don Quixote is still going to kill them all. If Sancho is scared, then he can hide and pray.
500
While Don Quixote "lifts his sword toward heaven" what does he exclaim?
That he is going to fight in the name of Dulcinea, and even if he dies, he will die while saying her name.
500
How many words are in the last line of the story?
TWENTY
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