Question

In a novel, a man is nicknamed for this job and his “sad countenance” because his face looks sad without its teeth. A man’s overnight vigil before becoming a member of this profession is cut short after he assaults two men trying to give their horses water. A man sees people with this job in two clouds of dust, (15[1])inspiring him to attack a flock of sheep. The protagonist of a novel explains that the balm of Fierabras (15[1])only heals people with this job (15[1])after it sickens a man who becomes the (*) governor of a duke’s island. (10[1])Men disguise themselves as people of this profession “of the Mirrors” and “of the White Moon” in order to get the protagonist (10[1])of a novel to stop searching for Dulcinea and quit this profession. For 10 points, delusions of being a member of what profession plague the chivalry-obsessed Don Quixote? ■END■

ANSWER: knights [accept soldiers; accept knight-errant]
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