Characters
I the main character of the novel
Who is Don Quixote?
The housekeeper asks for holy water to be sprinkled on the 'cause' of the delusion that has taken over Alonso Quixano, but these objects should be treated as a heretic and she implores the priest to _________.
What is to burn the books?
Archaic term meaning to apply a protective dressing over wounds to speed healing.
What is "to plaster"
I am Don Quixote's loyal squire.
Who is Sancho Panza?
What are windmills
This is the medieval knightly system with its moral, social, and religious code.
What is chivalry?
I am the beautiful woman that Don Quixote "loves".
Who is Dulcinea del Toboso (or Aldonza Lorenza)?
Many times Don Quixote's 'adventures' fail, yet he does this every time.
What is to downplay reality with a excuse of deception or enchanters?
This is a knight who travels in search of adventures to prove his chivalry.
What is a "knight-errant" ?
We said we adored the stories of Don Quixote Knight-errant.
Who are the duke/duchess?
Arranging for Don to see a puppet show to feature a 'need for a hero' knowing it would likely send him into action, is an example of this.
What is the Duke and Duchess playing a trick on him?
Or
What is mocking Quixote?
Cervantes describes the astonishment of onlookers at Don's absence (then presence) of "clarity of thought" or "presence of mind".
What is lucidity?
"My friend has lost his marbles! And I think it is because of reading those chivalric romance books!"
Who is the priest, or the barber, or even the maid or 1/2 credit for neice?
Don restrains his usual quick-to-dual response to a priest at the duke's for this reason.
What is excepting women, children and priests from being capable of 'insulting'?
Sometimes Don thought that Sancho spoke in proverbs too much, calling them "endless, seeming never to end".
What is interminable?