Nombre: __________________________________________

Fecha: _______________

Nombre del cuestionario: CERVANTES QUIZ

1.

What is Cervantes' full surname?

2.

Where was Cervantes born?

3.

The nickname by which Cervantes was known was...

4.

Who is not the author of Don Quixote?

A

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Alonso Fernndez de Avellaneda

Francis Bacon

5.

In which battle Miguel de Cervantes took part and was wounded?

6.

Where was Miguel de Cervantes taken as a slave after pirates captured him in 1575?

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7.

Which of the following tales is a part of Don Quixote of La Mancha?

A

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of ill advised curiosity

A Tale of generosity

A Tale of intrigue

8.

Who is the squire of Don Quixote?

9.

What is the name of the horse of Don Quixote?

10.

Who is Don Quixotes imaginary Lady?

11.

Who defeats Don Quixote in a duel?

A

Knight of the New Moon

Knight of the Full Moon

Knight of the White Moon

Knight of the Yellow Moon

12.

13.

What are mistaken by Don Quixote for giants?

A

Castles

Inns

Donkeys

Windmills
In Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, who is Cide Hamete Benengeli?
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a wealthy landowner

the author of Don Quixote of which Cervantes translates

the priest who burns books

the translator of Don Quixote

14.

What is Don Quixote's main quest in life?

A

to ruin as many marriages as possible

to travel the world

to make as many enemies as possible

to revive the lost art of chivalry

15.

Amadis Gaul is said to have written what?

A

the first book of chivalry to be printed in Spain

Don Quixote

the first religious pamphlet to be printed in Spain

a famous book of poetry

16.

Don Quixote plans to do what when he retires?

A

write his memoirs

become a curate

write a novel

become a shepherd

17.

Who is The Knight of the White Moon?

A

Amadis Gaul

Sampson Carrasco

Sancho Panza

Don Quixote

18.

Don Quixote can be best described as?

A

a prophet

a tragi-comic hero

a tragic hero

an archetypical villain

19.

Don Quixote is lauded as?

A

one of the most influential Spanish literary works ever written.

one of the best autobiographical works ever written

one of the best epistolary novels ever written.

one of the worst Spanish works ever written.

20.

What does 'Quixotic' mean?

A

naivete and innocence

romantic practicality

the foolish pursuit of impossible ideals

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21.

none of the above

What does the idiom 'tilting at windmills' mean?

to make imaginary friends

to fight imaginary enemies

to be impotent against your enemies

to fight the forces of nature

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Nombre: __________________________________________

Fecha: _______________

Nombre del cuestionario: SHAKESPEARE QUIZ

1.

1. What is Shakespeare's nickname?

2.

What is Shakespeare's birthplace?

3.

What is the only Shakespeare play with an animal in the title?

4.

Which city did Romeo's famous balcony chat up scene take place in?

5.

Which Shakespeare's play's title refer to the religious celebration called Epiphany?

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6.

What is the only Shakespeare play whose title contains an English place name?

7.

What theatre in London was Shakespeare associated with?

8.

What century(ies) did Shakespeare write his plays in?

9.

Who did Shakespeare marry and how many children did they have?

10.

How many English words did Shakespeare actually invent?

11.

How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write?

12.

Mark two Shakespearen tragedies

A

Romeo and Juliet

Much Ado about Nothing

Hamlet

Midsummernight's Dream

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