Don Quixote
Cervantes published the novel in two parts. This topic is part of Literature within Literature. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Don Quixote trivia questions
Who wrote Don Quixote?
Answer: Miguel de Cervantes
Bonus fact: Cervantes published the novel in two parts.
Don Quixote mistakes windmills for what?
Answer: Giants
Bonus fact: The windmill episode became one of literature's most famous scenes.
What is the name of Don Quixote's practical companion?
Answer: Sancho Panza
Bonus fact: Sancho Panza serves as his squire.
What is Don Quixote famously attacking when he mistakes them for giants?
Answer: Windmills
Bonus fact: The episode became shorthand for fighting imaginary enemies.
The two canonical parts of Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote first appeared in which years?
Answer: 1605 and 1615
Bonus fact: The first part was printed by Juan de la Cuesta, and the second part appeared ten years later.
Who is Don Quixote’s loyal squire?
Answer: Sancho Panza
Bonus fact: Sancho accompanies Don Quixote on many of his adventures.
Who is Don Quixote's squire and traveling companion?
Answer: Sancho Panza
Bonus fact: Sancho Panza is depicted as a peasant companion to Don Quixote in Cervantes's novel.
Miguel de Cervantes wrote which famous novel?
Answer: Don Quixote
Bonus fact: Don Quixote is often called one of the first modern novels.
What other lost play has sometimes been linked to Shakespeare and Fletcher?
Answer: Cardenio
Bonus fact: Cardenio was reportedly based on an episode in Don Quixote.