Quiz 20 Flashcards
How many days did Pope Gregory 13th suppress in his reform of the calendar in 1582?
10
In what year did the Anglican Church and England finally adopt the Gregorian calendar?
1752
Why is it probable that Cervantes was born on September 29?
because 9/29 is St. Michael’s day
Why did Cervantes have to leave Spain in 1569?
because a warrant was issued for his arrest
In what “crucial battle” did Cervantes receive three gunshot wounds?
Battle of Lepanto
What job Cervantes get with the navy in 1587?
requisitioning and collecting supplies for the “invincible Armada”
What event in 1588 signaled the beginning of Spain’s decline and disillusionment?
Armada’s defeat against England
As Spanish power and prosperity declined, what segments of its society became stigmatized and suspect?
Converscos and Moriscos
T/F: The narrator of Don Quixote introduces himself as a sterile and uncultivated wit
True
Undermining “the ill-founded edifice” of what, says the author, is the basic purpose of the book?
chivalry
What did Don Quixote add to his name to make “very plain his lineage”?
de la macha
What “terrible thought” assailed Don Quixote?
he had never been formally dubbed a knight
“and so when he caught sight of the inn, it at once became” what in Don Quixote’s eyes?
a castle
According to the innkeeper, what “indispensable” thing, assumed by writers of romance, did knights need besides extra shirts and ointment?
money
What did the muleteer do with Don Quixote’s armor?
toss it from the trough
