Don Quixote - Quiz
Don Quixote
  • 1. Who translated the first part of Don Quixote in 1612?
A) Charles Jervas
B) John Phillips
C) John Ormsby
D) Thomas Shelton
  • 2. Which translator was the nephew of John Milton?
A) Tobias Smollett
B) Thomas Shelton
C) Pierre Antoine Motteux
D) John Phillips
  • 3. In what year was Charles Jervas's translation published?
A) 1700
B) 1719
C) 1742
D) 1755
  • 4. Which version is recommended by the text for its careful notes?
A) Robinson Smith
B) Edith Grossman
C) Samuel Putnam
D) John Ormsby
  • 5. Who wrote a spurious sequel to Don Quixote?
A) Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda
B) Tirant lo Blanch
C) Feliciano de Silva
D) Amadís de Gaula
  • 6. Which book is mentioned as one of the chivalric novels in Don Quixote's library?
A) Hudibrastic Verse
B) Amadís de Gaula
C) The Life & Notable Adventures
D) The reason of the unreason
  • 7. Who edited the 1822 version of Pierre Antoine Motteux's translation?
A) James Young Gibson
B) John Ozell
C) John Gibson Lockhart
D) John Wilson Clark
  • 8. Which translation was published in 2003 by Edith Grossman?
A) Walter Starkie
B) O. M. Brack Jr.
C) J. M. Cohen
D) Edith Grossman
  • 9. According to Daniel Eisenberg, which translation is preferred alongside Putnam's?
A) Tobias Smollett
B) Thomas Shelton
C) Burton Raffel
D) Douglas and Jones
  • 10. Which author wrote books for their lucidity of style and complicated conceits?
A) George Kelly
B) Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda
C) John Phillips
D) Feliciano de Silva
  • 11. Which translation was revised by O. M. Brack Jr. in 2003?
A) Tobias Smollett
B) Thomas Shelton
C) Charles Henry Wilmot
D) Robinson Smith
  • 12. Who translated Don Quixote into Hudibrastic Verse?
A) Mary Smirke
B) Edward Ward
C) George Kelly
D) John Blunt
  • 13. Which edition is a revision of Ormsby and represents a Norton Critical Edition?
A) Samuel Putnam
B) Diana de Armas Wilson
C) Joseph Ramon Jones and Kenneth Douglas
D) Burton Raffel
  • 14. In what year was the translation by Samuel Putnam published?
A) 1996
B) 1949
C) 1950
D) 1964
  • 15. Who revised the translation by Charles Jervas in 2008?
A) John Blunt
B) E.C. Riley
C) John Wilson Clark
D) Tobias Smollett
  • 16. Which story in Don Quixote, Part One is considered the longest and best known?
A) The Knight of the Mirrors
B) The Princess of Micomicon
C) El Curioso Impertinente
D) The Tale of the Captive
  • 17. What is the primary motivation of Anselmo in 'The Ill-Advised Curiosity'?
A) To settle a debt with Lothario
B) To test the fidelity of his wife
C) To gain fame as a nobleman
D) To find a new wife
  • 18. How does Lothario respond to Anselmo's initial request to seduce Camilla?
A) He reluctantly agrees while thinking it is madness
B) He tells Camilla about the plan immediately
C) He refuses immediately
D) He is eager to pursue her
  • 19. What happens when Lothario actually attempts to seduce Camilla?
A) Camilla writes letters to her husband about the attempts
B) Camilla tells the maid to report him
C) Camilla immediately agrees to the affair
D) Camilla leaves town to avoid him
  • 20. How does Camilla finally convince Anselmo of her fidelity during his observation?
A) She stabs herself lightly in the breast
B) She faints at the sight of Lothario
C) She produces a fake letter from a lover
D) She begs for her husband's forgiveness
  • 21. What is the eventual fate of Anselmo?
A) He kills Lothario in a duel
B) He dies of grief before finishing his story
C) He lives in poverty after his wife leaves
D) He reconciles with his wife
  • 22. What change occurs in Part Two regarding the author's narrative approach?
A) He promises to concentrate on the central characters
B) He changes the protagonist to Sancho
C) He stops writing the story entirely
D) He includes more digressions than in Part One
  • 23. What does the Spanish suffix '-ote' denote?
A) A diminutive, implying something small
B) An augmentative, implying extra large
C) A suffix reserved for historical figures
D) A formal title for nobility
  • 24. What is the literal meaning of 'quixote' as a military term?
A) A specific type of medieval sword
B) A type of helmet for knights
C) Cuisses, which protect the thighs
D) A decorative sash for armor
  • 25. Why does Don Quixote speak in Old Castilian?
A) Because he cannot understand modern Spanish
B) To mimic the language of his chivalric books
C) Because he is actually from the medieval period
D) To mock the local peasants
  • 26. How was the name 'Quixote' originally pronounced in Old Castilian?
A) With a soft 'z' sound
B) With a 'sh' sound
C) With a hard 'k' sound
D) With a silent 'x'
  • 27. What does the adjective 'quixotic' mean according to Merriam-Webster?
A) A brave and noble act of chivalry
B) The tendency to speak in archaic languages
C) A deep and unwavering obsession with horses
D) The foolishly impractical pursuit of ideals
  • 28. What does the name 'Dulcinea' represent in the novel?
A) A real historical figure
B) The name of a famous queen
C) A pun on the word for bread
D) An allusion to illusion
  • 29. Why is the humor in Don Quixote's language difficult for modern readers to see?
A) It requires distinguishing between two types of old Spanish
B) Modern readers are not familiar with the plot
C) The text was originally written in Latin
D) The language has been translated into too many dialects
  • 30. What is the ultimate fate of Lothario?
A) He is killed in battle
B) He is imprisoned for his betrayal
C) He becomes a hermit
D) He marries the maid
  • 31. How many years after the original novel was Part Two of Don Quixote published?
A) Ten years
B) Twenty years
C) Two years
D) Five years
  • 32. What literary technique is used in Part Two where characters have read the first part of the novel?
A) Metafiction
B) Satire
C) Stream of consciousness
D) Allegory
  • 33. Who sent Sancho to meet Dulcinea as a go-between?
A) Don Quixote
B) The Knight of the White Moon
C) The Duke
D) The Duchess
  • 34. How many peasant girls does Sancho encounter on the road?
A) One
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
  • 35. How many lashes must Sancho give himself to release Dulcinea from her spell?
A) One thousand
B) Three thousand three hundred
C) Ten thousand
D) Five hundred
  • 36. What is the condition imposed on Quixote after he is defeated by the Knight of the White Moon?
A) Leave the country
B) Pay a large fine
C) Become a monk
D) Cease chivalry for one year
  • 37. What occupation does Quixote suggest upon returning to his village?
A) Shepherd
B) Teacher
C) Knight
D) Farmer
  • 38. In what year was the first part of Don Quixote published?
A) 1844
B) 1926
C) 1615
D) 1605
  • 39. What is the occupation of Sancho Panza?
A) Farm labourer
B) Slaughterhouse worker
C) Knight-errant
D) Innkeeper
  • 40. What is the name of Don Quixote's horse?
A) Dulcinea
B) Rocinante
C) La Mancha
D) Benengeli
  • 41. Whom does Don Quixote rename Dulcinea del Toboso?
A) A prostitute at the inn
B) The housekeeper
C) His niece
D) Aldonza Lorenzo
  • 42. Where does Don Quixote hold his vigil as a knight?
A) In a cathedral
B) At the slaughterhouse
C) At a horse trough
D) In a library
  • 43. Who supposedly translated the story of Don Quixote from an Arabic text?
A) Salvador de Madariaga
B) Alonso Quijano
C) Miguel de Cervantes
D) Cide Hamete Benengeli
  • 44. What is the meaning of the word 'quixotic'?
A) Impractically idealistic
B) Earthy and witty
C) Violently insane
D) Frugal and wise
  • 45. According to the text, how many parts was the 1605 book internally divided into?
A) Two
B) Six
C) Four
D) One
  • 46. What does Don Quixote promise Sancho Panza to convince him to become his squire?
A) A suit of golden armor
B) A petty governorship
C) A large chest of gold coins
D) A castle in the countryside
  • 47. What does Don Quixote mistake the windmills for?
A) Enchanted castles
B) Ferocious giants
C) Evil sorcerers
D) Army battalions
  • 48. Who does Don Quixote believe is holding the lady in the carriage captive?
A) Galician porters
B) An army of giants
C) Benedictine friars
D) A group of galley slaves
  • 49. What is the name of the innkeeper where Don Quixote and Sancho stay?
A) The Toledo canon
B) Sancho Panza
C) Juan Palomeque
D) Cardenio
  • 50. What object does Don Quixote mistake for the helmet of Mambrino?
A) A metal cooking pot
B) A rusted shield
C) A barber's basin
D) A farmer's bucket
  • 51. Where do Quixote and Sancho wander after encountering the galley slaves?
A) The village of the priest
B) The Sierra Morena
C) The plains of the windmills
D) The kingdom of Micomicona
  • 52. Who poses as the Princess Micomicona to trick Don Quixote?
A) The lady in the carriage
B) A girl from the village
C) A servant girl
D) Dorotea
  • 53. What does Quixote fight while sleepwalking at the inn?
A) The Toledo canon
B) A group of pilgrims
C) The innkeeper's servants
D) Wineskins
  • 54. With whom does Don Quixote have a learned conversation on the road?
A) A Toledo canon
B) A group of goatherds
C) The village priest
D) The local barber
  • 55. According to Harold Bloom, what is Don Quixote considered to be?
A) A collection of short folk tales
B) A medieval epic poem
C) The first modern novel
D) A factual historical biography
  • 56. What does Harold Bloom say Don Quixote is at war with?
A) Freud's reality principle
B) The author's own narrator
C) The Spanish Inquisition
D) The medieval chivalric code
  • 57. How does Cervantes ensure the reader never rests, according to Grossman?
A) By using footnotes that explain the plot
B) By constantly shifting the point of view to a new character
C) By writing in a complex, archaic language
D) By introducing contradictions that undermine previous premises
  • 58. The structure of the novel is described as what?
A) A single continuous narrative
B) Episodic
C) A play in five acts
D) A collection of sonnets
  • 59. What does the phrase 'tilting at windmills' mean?
A) Fighting against a corrupt government
B) Building a farm in the countryside
C) Attacking imaginary enemies
D) Traveling across the country
  • 60. Where was the spurious second part of Don Quixote published?
A) Tarragona
B) Madrid
C) Barcelona
D) Toledo
  • 61. In what year was the English translation of Avellaneda's second part by William Augustus Yardley published?
A) 1615
B) 1784
C) 1614
D) 1714
  • 62. Who described Avellaneda's version as 'one of the most disgraceful performances in history'?
A) Don Quixote
B) Samuel Putnam
C) Alonso Fernández
D) Cervantes
  • 63. In which chapter of Cervantes' Part Two does Don Quixote encounter the spurious book?
A) Chapter 1
B) Chapter 59
C) Chapter 10
D) Chapter 74
  • 64. Where does Don Quixote visit a printing-house in Cervantes' second part?
A) Argamasilla de Alba
B) Barcelona
C) Tarragona
D) Tordesillas
  • 65. By late July 1614, how far had Cervantes likely progressed in his writing of Part Two?
A) He had not started yet
B) Chapter LIX
C) Chapter X
D) The conclusion
  • 66. In which region of Spain does the story of Don Quixote take place?
A) Catalonia
B) Castile
C) La Mancha
D) Andalusia
  • 67. Which province is suggested as the potential location for the comarca of Campo de Montiel?
A) Madrid
B) Ciudad Real
C) Toledo
D) Valencia
  • 68. What does the protagonist keep as a pet for racing?
A) A cat
B) A hunting dog
C) A horse
D) A greyhound
  • 69. Which ancient Greek author is compared to the subject of the town rivalry?
A) Homer
B) Plato
C) Socrates
D) Aristotle
  • 70. Who led the academic team that identified Villanueva de los Infantes as the village?
A) John Ormsby
B) Cide Hamete
C) Jorge Luis Borges
D) Francisco Parra Luna
  • 71. In what year did academics deduce the location of the village?
A) 2010
B) 2004
C) 2001
D) 1998
  • 72. What movement put the Spanish Roman Catholic Church on the defensive?
A) The Spanish Inquisition
B) The Protestant Reformation
C) The Renaissance
D) The Enlightenment
  • 73. What happened to the hidalgo class during this period?
A) They were gaining more power
B) They were granted more land
C) They were losing relevance
D) They were completely abolished
  • 74. In what year did the Norwegian Nobel Institute conduct a study regarding the greatest work of fiction?
A) 1615
B) 2002
C) 1605
D) 2010
  • 75. How many countries were represented by writers in the 2002 Norwegian Nobel Institute study?
A) 55
B) 400
C) 1100
D) 100
  • 76. What is the meaning of the word 'tilt' in the context of the idiom 'tilting at windmills'?
A) Leaning
B) Falling
C) Jousting
D) Turning
  • 77. Which deep-sea amphipod species was named after the character Dulcinea?
A) Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra
B) Quijote cervantesi
C) Lohuecotitan pandafilandi
D) Dulcibella camanchaca
  • 78. In what year was the genuine second part of the novel published?
A) 1614
B) 1617
C) 1605
D) 1615
  • 79. Approximately how many copies is the novel believed to have sold worldwide?
A) 1,100
B) More than 500 million
C) 70
D) 400
  • 80. Who collected the editions found in the Cervantes Collection at the State Library of New South Wales?
A) Cardinal Zapata
B) Ben Haneman
C) Conde de Lemos
D) Francisco de Robles
  • 81. Which work did Cervantes publish in 1613?
A) Don Quixote Part I
B) The exploits of Sancho Panza
C) Novelas ejemplares
D) Don Quixote Part II
  • 82. Who ordered the removal of a specific sentence regarding works of charity from future editions in 1632?
A) Cardinal Zapata
B) Francisco de Robles
C) The Conde de Lemos
D) Ben Haneman
  • 83. Which dinosaur was named after a minor character in the novel?
A) Lohuecotitan pandafilandi
B) Quijote cervantesi
C) Quijotidae
D) Dulcibella camanchaca
  • 84. What is the English adjective derived from the novel's title character?
A) Quixotic
B) Sanchian
C) Cervantean
D) Dulcibean
  • 85. When did the first English translation of Part II of Don Quixote appear?
A) 1612
B) 1618
C) 1620
D) 1700
  • 86. Which translation was dubbed "worse than worthless" by John Ormsby?
A) Shelton
B) Motteux
C) Jervas
D) Smollett
  • 87. Which 18th-century translation was posthumously released and known as the "Jarvis translation" due to a printer's error?
A) Charles Jervas
B) John Stevens
C) Tobias Smollett
D) Pierre Antoine Motteux
  • 88. What is the original Spanish phrase often mistranslated as "The proof of the pudding is in the eating"?
A) time will never tell
B) you will see when the eggs are fried
C) the proof is in the baking
D) the pudding is ready
  • 89. Who reviewed Edith Grossman's translation and called it a "major literary achievement"?
A) John Ormsby
B) Samuel Putnam
C) Burton Raffel
D) Carlos Fuentes
  • 90. Which translator spent 26 years working on a translation released in 2006?
A) Burton Raffel
B) James H. Montgomery
C) Gerald J. Davis
D) Tom Lathrop
  • 91. Who published a translation in 2011 via Lulu.com?
A) Gerald J. Davis
B) John D. Rutherford
C) Edith Grossman
D) Diana de Armas Wilson
  • 92. What is the primary reason the Jervas translation was incorrectly named the "Jarvis translation"?
A) A printer's error
B) A desire to sound more English
C) A deliberate pseudonym
D) A mistranslation of the author's name
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