text: This author wrote a story in which a syphilitic soldier overhears a conversation between Scipio andBerganza about how they can talk even though they are animals.
full_question: This author wrote a story in which a syphilitic soldier overhears a conversation between Scipio andBerganza about how they can talk even though they are animals. After one of this man's characters refusesto pay at an inn, another character is wrapped in a blanket and tossed up and down. A rash of spurioussequels to a work that this man initially attributed to (*) "Cide Hamete Benengeli" caused him to write acontinuation ten years later. "The Colloquy of the Dogs" is one of this man's Exemplary Novels. The title character ofanother of his novels confuses a washbasin for the helmet of Mambrino, names his horse Rocinante and anunsuspecting village girl Dulcinea, and tilts at windmills with his friend Sancho Panza. For 10 points, name thisauthor of Don Quixote.
first_sentence: This author wrote a story in which a syphilitic soldier overhears a conversation between Scipio andBerganza about how they can talk even though they are animals.
raw_answer:  Miguel de Cervantes 