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