Don Quixote de la Mancha RFQs
Chapters 7 – 9
Chapter 7 – “Conspiracy, Recovery of Dapple, Slaying a Giant, and Home Again” pg. 86-97
1. Who does Sancho meet on his journey to find Dulcinea, and why do Sancho and the men conspire
against Don Quixote?
2. Why does Sancho choose to describe Dulcinea as Aldonza Lorenzo, to Don Quixote, when Don
Quixote asks about Sancho’s meeting with her in Toboso?
Example: Don Quixote – “No doubt you found my Queen of Beauty in a stately apartment
stringing pearls on gold thread,” Sancho -“No, sir,” replied Sancho. “I found her winnowing
bushels of wheat in her father’s backyard.”
3. Don Quixote fought another “giant” at the inn in Ch. 7. What is different about this particular
fantastic encounter of Don Quixote’s? What was this “giant” to the innkeeper?
4. Explain why Sancho’s wife doesn’t understand his reasons for going on more adventures with
Don Quixote.
Chapter 8 – “The Search for Dulcinea, Her Transformation, and the Masked Players” pg. 98-106
1. Explain how Sancho has changed in this story, since first setting off as Don Quixote’s Squire.
2. Why does Sancho choose the three ladies coming down the road to be Dulcinea and her two
Ladies in Waiting?
3. Why doesn’t Don Quixote “see” Dulcinea del Toboso, and what does this tell you about his
delusions?
Chapter 9 – “The Strange Knight and Squire – Challenge, Victory and Transformation” pg. 107-123
1. Explain Sancho’s quote once Don Quixote wakes him about another adventure on page 108 - “I
pray to heaven it will be a safe and profitable one.”
2. Why does the “Mysterious Knight-Errant” want Don Quixote to challenge him?
3. Why does Don Quixote believe that the “Mysterious Knight-Errant” is changed into Sampson
Carrasco?
4. How does Sampson Carrasco’s plan backfire on him?