Q 01/05

What animal does Sancho Panza ride as he follows Don Quixote on his adventures?

A) A mule

B) A donkey

C) An ox

D) A lame pony

Answer · why

B) A donkey

A donkey. A thief makes off with it while Sancho sleeps, and the squire wakes to weep for the beast he calls his children's plaything and his wife's j...

Q 02/05

Don Quixote's real name, before madness sets in, is what?

A) Alonso Quixano

B) Sancho Panza

C) Cide Hamete

D) Diego de Miranda

Answer · why

A) Alonso Quixano

Alonso Quixano. The narrator pretends not to be sure, offering Quixada, Quesada and Quexana on the first page, and the true name comes out only on the...

Q 03/05

Don Quixote sets out to copy the heroes of his favourite reading; which fictional knight is his chief model?

A) Amadís of Gaul

B) Lancelot of the Lake

C) King Arthur

D) Tristan of Lyonesse

Answer · why

A) Amadís of Gaul

Amadís of Gaul. In the mountains he even copies his hero's lovesick penance, stripping to his shirt and turning somersaults while Sancho looks away.

Q 04/05

What is the name of Don Quixote's horse?

A) Rocinante

B) Dapple

C) Babieca

D) Bucephalus

Answer · why

A) Rocinante

Rocinante. The name is a joke: rocín means a worn-out nag and ante means before, so he was a mere hack before and is now the foremost hack in the worl...

Q 05/05

Who does Don Quixote choose as his lady love, renaming her Dulcinea del Toboso?

A) A visiting duchess

B) A pork-salting farm girl

C) His own niece

D) The innkeeper's daughter

Answer · why

B) A pork-salting farm girl

A pork-salting farm girl. Aldonza Lorenzo never appears in the story and never learns that she is his lady: Dulcinea exists only in the knight's head.