TCOA

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

• It was Mardi Gras
• It was Christmas
• It was after the Superbowl
• It was during Carnival

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Amontillado is a type of...

• Armadillo

• Cask

• Pipe

• Wine

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

How does the description of the Montresor coat of arms and motto (provided in the lines below) contribute to the reader’s understanding of Montresor’s character? Select TWO:

"The Montresors," I replied, "were a great and numerous family."

"I forget your arms."

"A huge human foot d'or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are embedded in the heel."

"And the motto?"

"Nemo me impune lacessi" (translation: No one attacks me with impunity) *impunity: without consequence

• Montresor's family motto means it is better to "turn the other cheek" when one is wronged.

• The snake represents any person, group, or thing that attacks the Montresor family, either literally or in terms of their pride.

• Montresor is weak because the foot on the coat of arms is being attacked by a snake.

• This motto is repeating what is being shown in the coat of arms; the Montresor family will not suffer freely given insults or injuries.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

How long has it been that no one has disturbed Fortunato's bones?

• Half a century
• Half a decade
• A century
• A decade

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which THREE sentences from this excerpt MOST clearly suggest that Montresor (the narrator) is keeping his plans for revenge secret from Fortunato?

• It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.

• It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will.

• I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.

• THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.

• You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which TWO sentences from this paragraph suggest that Fortunato is an expert on fine wine?

• He had a weak point—this Fortunato—although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared.

• He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine

• Few Italians have the true virtuoso spirit.

• For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity—to practise imposture upon the British and Austrian millionaires.

• In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack—but in the matter of old wines he was sincere.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following pictures most closely resemble a catacomb?

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Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

When Montresor praises Luchesi's skills in wine tasting, he is trying to:

• appeal to Fortunato's vanity by referring to a competitor's skills.

• get Fortunato to talk disparagingly about Luchesi.

• help Fortunato reconnect with their old friend Luchesi.

• express his own doubts about Luchesi's wine recognition skills.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6