A character created by this author calls a hornet a “slanderer” and escapes his celebrity status by moving to Flanders and dying as a soldier. The housewife Camilla is compared to a diamond and the white coat of an ermine in a story by this author about two friends from Florence. In another story by this author, a student at Salamanca who eats a spiked quince believes (15[1])that he is made of (*) glass. (10[1])This author’s story about “the recklessly curious” Anselmo (-5[1])and Lothario is interrupted by a man “beheading” a giant as he sleepwalks on the second floor of an inn. This author’s first Exemplary Novel is saved when a priest leads the destruction of a private library owned by a 50-year-old hidalgo. This author’s most famous character goes mad reading books of chivalry and rides Rocinante alongside Sancho Panza. For 10 points, name this author of Don Quixote. ■END■ (10[1])