7th Samacheer English – Adventures of Don Quixote – Quiz
1. In which village did Don Quixote live?
A) La Mancha
B) Madrid
C) Barcelona
D) Seville
Ans: A) La Mancha
2. La Mancha is in:
A) Italy
B) France
C) Spain
D) Greece
Ans: C) Spain
3. What kinds of books did Don Quixote love to read?
A) Books about science
B) Books about courageous knights and their adventures
C) Books about farming
D) Books about sea voyages
Ans: B) Books about courageous knights and their adventures
4. What effect did the stories of knights have on Don Quixote?
A) He stopped reading completely
B) He became so absorbed that he hardly remembered to eat or sleep
C) He decided to become a farmer
D) He became afraid of travelling
Ans: B) He became so absorbed that he hardly remembered to eat or sleep
5. As years passed, Don Quixote imagined himself in the world of:
A) Sailors
B) Kings
C) Knights
D) Merchants
Ans: C) Knights
6. Who was Sancho Panza?
A) A king
B) A peasant from the same village
C) A shepherd
D) A soldier
Ans: B) A peasant from the same village
7. Don Quixote persuaded Sancho Panza to become his:
A) Teacher
B) Squire
C) Enemy
D) Doctor
Ans: B) Squire
8. What did Don Quixote promise Sancho as a reward for faithful service?
A) A castle
B) A bag of gold
C) An island
D) A horse
Ans: C) An island
9. What did Don Quixote see on the hill during their journey?
A) A castle
B) A large old windmill
C) A giant tree
D) A ruined house
Ans: B) A large old windmill
10. What did Don Quixote imagine the windmill to be?
A) A dragon
B) A hideous ogre
C) A castle
D) A knight
Ans: B) A hideous ogre
11. How many arms did Don Quixote imagine the “ogre” was waving?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Six
Ans: C) Four
12. What did Sancho repeatedly tell Don Quixote about the supposed ogre?
A) It was a tree
B) It was only a windmill
C) It was a giant
D) It was a castle
Ans: B) It was only a windmill
13. What did Don Quixote tell Sancho to do if he was afraid of the ogres?
A) Return home immediately
B) Hide behind the windmill
C) Go aside and say his prayers
D) Call the shepherds
Ans: C) Go aside and say his prayers
14. What was the name of Don Quixote's horse?
A) Rocinante
B) Pegasus
C) Bucephalus
D) Sancho
Ans: A) Rocinante
15. What happened when Don Quixote and Rocinante charged the windmill?
A) The windmill ran away
B) They collided with the windmill
C) Sancho destroyed the windmill
D) The windmill stopped forever
Ans: B) They collided with the windmill
16. Even after the windmill incident, what did Don Quixote believe?
A) Sancho had tricked him
B) The ogre was more seriously wounded than he was
C) The windmill had defeated him completely
D) He should return home at once
Ans: B) The ogre was more seriously wounded than he was
17. Don Quixote believed that people would someday write about their great:
A) Fortunes
B) Exploits
C) Farms
D) Arguments
Ans: B) Exploits
18. According to Don Quixote, they had to prove themselves worthy by:
A) Becoming wealthy
B) Vanquishing villains and upholding justice
C) Building castles
D) Capturing islands
Ans: B) Vanquishing villains and upholding justice
19. What did Don Quixote think was causing the thick cloud of dust near the farm?
A) A storm
B) A prodigious army
C) A herd of cattle
D) A group of farmers
Ans: B) A prodigious army
20. When Sancho saw two clouds of dust, Don Quixote thought:
A) Two armies would meet in battle
B) Two storms were approaching
C) Two groups of sheep were returning home
D) Two farmers were ploughing the fields
Ans: A) Two armies would meet in battle
21. What sounds did Don Quixote expect Sancho to hear?
A) Bells and singing
B) Neighing of steeds, trumpets and drums
C) Thunder and rain
D) Dogs barking
Ans: B) Neighing of steeds, trumpets and drums
22. What did Sancho actually hear?
A) Soldiers shouting
B) The bleating of sheep and lambs
C) Trumpets and drums
D) Horses neighing
Ans: B) The bleating of sheep and lambs
23. Why did Don Quixote say Sancho could not see or hear the armies correctly?
A) Sancho was tired
B) Sancho's fears prevented him from seeing or hearing aright
C) The dust was too thick
D) It was already dark
Ans: B) Sancho's fears prevented him from seeing or hearing aright
24. What did Don Quixote do when Sancho refused to join the supposed battle?
A) He returned to the village
B) He charged alone into the midst of the sheep
C) He asked the shepherds for help
D) He hid behind Sancho
Ans: B) He charged alone into the midst of the sheep
25. How did the shepherds react when Don Quixote attacked their sheep?
A) They praised him
B) They pelted him with stones
C) They joined his battle
D) They ran away from the farm
Ans: B) They pelted him with stones
26. What did the local peasants think about Don Quixote?
A) He was a great king
B) He was crazy
C) He was a famous general
D) He was a wise scholar
Ans: B) He was crazy
27. How did Don Quixote interpret the laughter and taunts of the peasants?
A) He realised they were mocking him
B) He thought they were welcoming and cheering him
C) He became angry with them
D) He ignored them completely
Ans: B) He thought they were welcoming and cheering him
28. What did Don Quixote finally realise after returning to his estate?
A) Sancho was an enemy
B) His adventures were products of his imagination
C) The windmill really was an ogre
D) The sheep were soldiers
Ans: B) His adventures were products of his imagination
29. What did Don Quixote do after giving up further quests?
A) He became a shepherd
B) He told children fantastic stories about knights, squires and noble quests
C) He moved to another country
D) He became a merchant
Ans: B) He told children fantastic stories about knights, squires and noble quests
30. What does the word “prodigious” mean in the lesson?
A) Very small
B) Impressively great in extent
C) Completely imaginary
D) Very noisy
Ans: B) Impressively great in extent
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