The Cask of Amontillado

Why wasn't it unusual that people were drinking and having a good time in the streets during the story?

• It was Lent

• It was Christmas

• It was during Halloween

• It was during Carnival

What is the setting of The Cask of Amontillado?

• Fortunato's family catacombs in Italy near a local carnival.

• Montressor's family catacombs in Italy during Carnival.

• An underground tunnel near Cape Canaveral.

• Montressor's Carnival near Fortunato's family catacombs.

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Montressor echos Fortunato's cries for help. "I replied to the yells of him who clamored. I re-echoed - I aided - I surpassed them in volume and in strength." Why?

• To show Fortunato that he also understood his suffereing.
• To beat him in a screaming contest.
• Montressor thought it was funny to see Fortunato suffer.
• To show Fortunato that his fate was final. Nobody would come to help.

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Which phrase best describes the theme of the story?

• Never insult an Italian.

• Revenge is a powerful motivation.

• Powerful men tend to hold to that power.

• Don't follow people into a dark cave, even for wine

Most of the setting of the story takes place...

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

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This line takes place in the final paragraph of the story, just as Montresor is finishing walling Fortunato into the catacombs to die: “My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so.” What insight into the narrator’s point of view does this line likely provide the reader?

• Montresor is feeling emotional turmoil over what he has done to Fortunato.

• Montresor is afraid of the dark.

• Montresor has been suffering from a chronic illness.

• Montresor had too much carnival food.

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Which word pairs best describe the mood, or atmosphere, of "The Cask of Amontillado"?

• humorous and silly
• realistic and ordinary
• sincere and thought provoking
• grim and suspenseful 

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When Fortunato says:

"The cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me, I shall not die of a cough."

• irony/foreshadowing

• imagery

• alliteration

• theme

Montresor knows of Fortunato's weakness and uses it to his advantage. What is this weakness?

• his wealth
• knowledge of business
• knowledge of Italy's history
• his own ego

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In addition to being drunk, thoughout the story Fortunato suffers from

• headaches

• a cough

• nausea

• a stiff neck

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