Cask of Amontillado

Who is the narrator in “The Cask of Amontillado”?

• Luchesi
• Amontillado
• Fortunato
• Montresor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What motivates Montresor to vow to take revenge upon Fortunato?

• Fortunato has threatened him.
• Fortunato has insulted him.
• Fortunato has stolen his wife.
• Fortunato has ruined his business.

What can you infer from the following sentence from “The Cask of Amontillado”? 
"He turned towards me, and looked into my eyes with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication. "

• Fortunato does not see well. 
• Fortunato is weeping. 
• Fortunato is frightened.
• Fortunato is drunk.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which event is the climax, or highest point of intensity, of “The Cask of Amontillado”? 

• Montresor meets Fortunato.
• Montressor takes Fortunato into the vaults.
• Montresor walls Fortunato in.
• Montresor confesses his crime.

According to the following sentence from “The Cask of Amontillado,” what has Fortunato done to Montresor? 
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. "

• He has stabbed him.
• He has insulted him.
• He has robbed him.
• He has stolen his wife.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Most of the setting of the story takes place

• at the carnival
• in Fortunato's palazzo
• in the catacombs
• next to Luchesi's home

Montressor is able to lure Fortunato into his catacombs by reverse psychology. He does this specifically by:

• pretending to care about his health.
• mentioning Lucheshi.
• dressing just like him.
• both a and b

Amontillado is a type of:

• Armadillo
• Cask
• Pipe
• Wine

Fortunato is supposed to be an expert on wine. What is another word for expert, as used in the story?

• connoisseur
• experato
• virtuoso 
• professional

Which best describes the MOOD of "The Cask of Amontillado"?

• gloomy
• wild
• suspenseful
• quiet