Cask of Amontillado Test

The author is mostly interested in telling how

• Two men argue about fine wines

• People celebrate during carnival time

• The bones of the dead lie peacefully

• One man gets revenge against another

Fortunato prides himself on being

• An escape artist

• A master of insults

• A good judge of wine

• A person who can see into the future

What does Montresor carrying under his cloak?

• He stabs him

• He offers him a bargain

• He chains him to the wall

• He gives him the amontillado

• He hangs him

What is the mood of this passage?

• Angry

• Suspenseful

• Sad

• Scary

What literary technique was used when Fortunato said, "I shall not die of a cough." And Montresor responded, "True-true,"?

• Repetition

• Simile

• Understatement

• Foreshadowing

What characters are in the fourth section of the plot diagram?

• Montresor & Amontillado

• Montresor, Fortunato & Lady Fortunato

• Montresor, Fortunato, Luchesi & Lady Fortunato

• Montresor, Fortunato, Luchesi & Servants

You can figure out that after the story, Montresor...

• Feels extremely guilty

• Lives for many years

• Return and frees Fortunato

• Is arrested and executed

At one point, the narrator says, "Fortunato was a quack in painting and gems." He would have meant the same thing if he had said that Fortunato....

• Knew nothing about painting and gems

• Was an artist and a jeweler

• Loved to paint pictures of ducks

• Hated paintings and gems

What point of view is this story?

• 2nd person

• 1st person

• 3rd person

• both a & b

What is the tone of this passage?

• Angry

• Scary

• Sad

• Vindictive