1 Fill in the blanks: 1. The setting of the story is Castle _________. 2. The master of this strange, enchanted castle is Lord _____. 3. The magical doorways in the castle, leading to other worlds, are called ______. 4. The opening scene in this story takes place in the _____ Hall. 5. In the opening chapter, four characters are playing bridge. They are ______, ______, ______, and ______. 6. In the game of contract bridge, partners sometimes signal the strength or weakness of their hands by means of bidding conventions. One of these is known as the ______ convention. 7. In contract bridge, a contract in which no suit is specified is known as a ______ contract. 8. Lord Peter Thaxton, a minor character in this story, was elevated to the peerage (got his title) because he was instrumental in solving the ______ Castle murders. 9. Jousting tournaments are usually fought with a long, spearlike medieval weapon known as a ______. 10. Adults who read fantasy novels are thought by some psychologists to be in a phase of arrested adolescent ______.
