Answer:
Past.
Step-by-step explanation:
Don Quixote is the main character in the novel The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, written by Miguel de Cervantes between 1605 and 1615. The book is one of the first novels written in a modern European language. It tells the comic travel adventures of an old nobleman who thinks he is a knight errant. This main character, Don Quixote, is the stereotype of the idealist, a foolish hero who more or less ridicules himself with his good intentions but impractical deeds.