Masque of the Red Death

What had long devastated the country?

• fever
• black death
• red death
• lice

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What was its "avatar and its seal"?

• pox
• blood
• fever
• nausea

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

What was NOT a symptom?

• sharp pains
• sudden dizziness
• bleeding
• gas

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Prince Prospero was everything except?

• happy
• dauntless
• concerned
• secluded

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

 Which apartment had the black velvet tapestries?

• The ninth 
• The seventh 
• The fifth
• The third

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What color were the panes in the seventh apartment?

• Yellow
• Red
• Blue
• Green

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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.  

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The events of this story are related to 

• a popular ballroom dance
• a spreading, infectious disease
• a nickname for Prince Prospero
• costumes for masquerade ball

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4