Question: Which character says the following quote?
"I no gentleman!—I swear to God thou liest as I am Christian: if thou droppest lance and drawest sword, soon shalt thou see thou art carrying water to the cat...”
Options:
- A) Don Quixote
- B) Sancha Panza
- C) a Biscayan
- D) Dulcinea
Answer: The correct answer is option: C) A Biscayan.
Explanation: Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in 1605 and 1615 and it was the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age.
In part 1 of chapter 8, a Biscayan, was listening to all Don Quixote was saying, and seizing his lance addressed him by saying the following: "Begone, caballero, and ill go with thee; by the God that made me, unless thou quittest coach, slayest thee as art here a Biscayan."
Don Quixote answered him in a quiet voice, "If thou wert a knight, as thou art none, I should have already chastised thy folly and rashness, miserable creature."
When the Biscayan herd his words, he answered "I no gentleman! -I swear to God thou liest as I am Christian: if thou droppest lance and drawest sword, soon shalt thou see thou art carrying water to the cat: Biscayan on land, hidalgo at sea, hidalgo at the devil, and look, if thou sayest otherwise thou liest."
