"The Masque of the Red Death"

How long does a person with the Red Death have to live?

• 1 hour
• 30 minutes
• 1 hour and 30 minutes
• 45 minutes

Who does Prince Prospero invite to the "deep seclusion of his castellated abbey?"

• All of the country
• Those affected with the Red Death
• His friends, including knights and dames
• His family

What is unusual about where the masquerade takes place?

• There is a ballroom as large as the entire imperial suite in Prince Prospero’s palace
• Musicians play in a curved hall while quests dance in colored chambers
• It begins at sundown and does not end until an ebony clock strikes.
• There are colored rooms that are not connected to each other or situated along a straight hall.

 “Gaudy and fantastic appearances” are created at the masquerade ball by…

•  the prince who wears a frightening costume and dances in several rooms.
•  a man in a red mask who enters the various rooms and does a bizarre dance
•  flames that shine through the windows in each of the 7 rooms along a hallway
• the guests who take turns putting on a red mask, which makes them act in strange ways

 Few people dare to enter the black apartment because… 

•  faces look frightening there, and an ebony clock makes a strange sound.
•  without light, no one can see or dance without causing injury to others.
•  it is the room where Prince Prospero wears the masque of the Red Death. 
•  in this room a strange voice can be heard whose origins no one can trace. 

What happens immediately when the ebony clock strikes midnight?

• A strange masked figure is seen by the whole company.
• Prince Prospero asks all of the guests to leave.
• The Red Death kills everyone in the castle.

Why does the appearance of the masked figure fill the company with "terror, horror, and disgust?"

• People wonder how it got in the castle.
• They believe it resembles the Red Death.
• They are worried that it will ruin their masked ball.
• People are curious as to the identity of the figure.  

 When Prince Prospero confronts the strangely masked guest, the prince… 

•  challenges the guest to a duel and then draws his sword in order to fight
•  demands that the masked guest leave since he or she was not invited
• draws a dagger, then chases the masked guest by going from room to room
• asks for the mask and costume so that he can wear them 

Which of the following suggests that the revelers will not live long in “The Masque of the Red Death”?

• The white room
• The locked gates
• The red window panes
• The ebony clock

How does Prince Prospero die?

• He contracts the Red Death.
• He dies in battle with the masked figure.  
• He dies from a wound from his own dagger.  
• He is killed by his company.