This 5-page undergraduate paper answers questions about Cervantes’ Don Quixote, including questions such as “What is the purpose of the novel’s prologue? What is the typical pattern or structure of Don Quixote’s adventures? How would you describe the relationship between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza? How does the character of Don Quixote develop? Where do you find the world of romance today? In what kinds of stories, movies, books, tv shows, or even sporting events do you hear echoes of the era of heroic knights and chivalric adventures or conflicts? What troubles Cervantes in the prologue to part II? What role does the invention of the printing press play in problems? Who is the knight of the mirrors? Who is Don Diego? How does the world of “reality” come across in the world of Don Quixote? Does the ending of don Quixote strike you as satisfying? What does the story of don Quixote mean or say to you? What is the role of books and reality in the novel?
