Masque of the Red Death

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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What is unusual about where the masquerade takes place?

• There is a ballroom as large as the entire imperial suite
• Musicians play in a curved hall
• It begins at sundown and does not end until the ebony clock strikes
• There are colored rooms that are not connected to each other or situated along a straight hall

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How many rooms were there altogether?

• Seven
• Eleven 
• Nine 
• Ten

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What color were the panes in the seventh apartment?

• Yellow
• Red
• Blue
• Green

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What was the clock made from? 

• Silver
• Wood
• Gold
• Ebony 

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The clock chimed every______ minutes. 

• 90
• 30
• 60 
• 15

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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.

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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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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, the prince, can wear them

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What happened to the revellers in the end

• They ran out of Prince Prospero's abbey or palace.
• They all died.
• They killed the stranger.

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