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