Where and when does this story take place? What are the details of the main characters immediate surroundings?
Vocabulary:
repent (4)
blanched (11)
terrain (20)
abruptly (23)
Chapters 4 - 6
What is being asked of Mangus? Does he believe he can solve this problem? What punishments and rewards have been offered?
Vocabulary:
rigid (27)
charlatan (29)
radiance (33)
meander (48)
Chapters 7 - 9
Why would Fabbrizio want to move throughout the castello unobserved? How would this hurt or help his masters situation?
Vocabulary:
implore (50)
niche (51)
swagger (67)
affixed (70)
Chapters 10 - 12
How does Mangus find out information? What type of questions does he ask Scarazoni to learn more?
Vocabulary:
forfeit (75)
famished (82)
corporeal (90)
curt (92)
Chapters 13 - 15
What are the princess' plans? Would you agree with Fabrizzio that she is a good actor?
Vocabulary:
concoct (99)
stammer (115)
suffuse
tapestries
Chapters 16 - 17
With the evidence you have been given so far, what is a reasonable (non-supernatural) explanation?
Vocabulary:
propitious (130)
nether (133)
swoon (139)
conspiracy (143)
Chapters 18 - 20
Why would the princess turn Fabrizzio in? What could be her true plan?
Vocabulary:
avenge (150)
elude (156)
contemplate (161)
fatigue (166)
Chapters 21 - 22
What was the secret of the ghost? How can Mangus resolve this situation without his execution as a result?
Vocabulary:
denounce (177)
potent (178)
apparition (185)
awestruck (189)
Chapters 23 - 25
What is Mangus hoping to achieve with all of the instruments Fabrizzio retrieved?
Vocabulary:
haughtily (194)
prompt (206)
brazier (215)
fabricate (216)
Chapters 26 - 28
As the reader, what lessons are you presented concerning truth, observation , and superstition in this novel?
Vocabulary:
ominous (224)
rogue (229)
conceal (236)
disarray (239)
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