The Masque of Red Death

What had long devastated the country?

• fever
• black death
• red death
• lice

"The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous." Define "pestilence."

• bugs 
• contagious disease
• famine
• war

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What was its "avatar and its seal"?

• pox
• blood
• fever
• nausea

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Poe's main aim is to create a growing sense of 

• hope
• fear
• comfort
• anger

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How did Prospero decide to handle the red death

• by sealing himself and his friends in the castle
• by fleeing the country
• by purchasing vast quantities of medicine
• by funding research to cure it

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Which room is farthest east and associated with new beginnings?

• blue
• green
• black
• purple

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is true about the seven rooms?

• all different colors
• very small
• smell like flowers
• all have hidden passageways 

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What order does Prospero give?

• for the party to stop
• the new guest be seized and unmasked
• rooms to be locked
• for the new guest to be killed

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Who dies at the end of the story?

• Prospero only
• Prospero's guests only
• the red death masquerader
• Prospero and all of his guests

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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.
• Prince Prospero commits suicide.

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