Pit and the Pendulum Quiz!

The story is told from which point of view?

• Third-person-limited view of a member of the French army
• Omniscient view of the author
• Third-person view of the inquisitor
• First-person view of the prisoner

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

The prisoner frees himself when he —

• waits until the pendulum cuts the bonds and quickly rolls out of the way
• screams and screams until they release him
• pays a great deal of money and is released
• smears meat on the bonds that hold him, and the rats chew through them

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

At the end of the story, the —

• narrator plunges to his death in the pit
• narrator is saved from the pit by a French general
• inquisitors release him because he is really innocent
• prison burns, and in the turmoil the prisoner is able to escape

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The mood of this story is best described as —

• neutral
• romantic
• terrifying
• confusing

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What was the pendulum?

• the painting on the ceiling
• a scythe
• the noise that was heard
• the clock near him

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What were the walls made out of?

• concrete
• iron
• brick
• wood

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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 happened to the walls?

• they heated up
• the soldiers broke them down
• they expanded
• nothing

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What does the highlighted word mean? "I had swooned; but still will not say that all of consciousness was lost."

• awakened
• conscious
• fainted
• laughed

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A symbol is —

• a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and also stands for something beyond itself
• a speech one character speaks while alone on the stage
• words that appeal to the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell
• the time and place where the events take place

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the narrator find when he trips?

• pit
• bulldog
• rats everywhere
• food 

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10