Cask of Amontillado

What effect does an unreliable narrator MOST have on this story?

• It allows the reader to understand the background and qualities Fortunato's character.

• It allows the reader to feel dislike for Carnival and the catacombs.

• It allows the reader to question the motives and details of Montresor's actions.

• It allows the readers to appreciate the beauty and importance of the Catacombs.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the following passage, and choose the BEST definition for the word "preclude."

"At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled --but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity."

• to prevent / impede

• to stagger back

• to cause suffering

• to become less intense

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the following passage and choose the sentence that BEST states what the dialogue reveals about Montresor's and Fortunato's states of mind.

"He! he! he! --he! he! he! --yes, the Amontillado. But is it not getting late? Will not they be awaiting us at the palazzo, the Lady Fortunato and the rest? Let us be gone." / "Yes," I said, "let us be gone." / "For the love of God, Montresor!" / "Yes," I said, "for the love of God!" / But to these words I hearkened in vain for a reply.

• Fortunato's desperation and terror; Montresor's calculating, controlled mind-set.

• Fortunato's regret and sorrow; Montresor's remorse and compassion.

• Fortunato's gratefulness and friendliness toward Montresor; Montresor's distance and disrespect for Fortunato.

• They are both ready to join the Carnival on the streets above.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the following passage and choose the description that BEST fits the narrator's attitude toward people.

"I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well knew, to insure their immediate disappearance, one and all, as soon as my back was turned."

• He expects people to be untrustworthy.

• He respects those who serve him.

• He values family over strangers.

• He has little knowledge about his servants.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which example BEST demonstrates verbal irony?

• " 'Come,' I said, with decision, 'we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed.' "

• "It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend. He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much."

• ""Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry."

• ""It is farther on," said I; "but observe the white web-work which gleams from these cavern walls."

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which details LEAST contribute to making this story gothic literature?

• The dank, eerie setting of the catacombs

• Montresor's demented and devious revenge plot

• The dark, ominous, and suspenseful mood

• The joyful, warm of the carnival

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In which point of view is this story mainly told?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which passage marks the denouement of the story?

• "For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!"

• There came forth in return only a jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so.

• I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.

• As I said these words I busied myself among the pile of bones of which I have before spoken. Throwing them aside, I soon uncovered a quantity of building stone and mortar. With these materials and with the aid of my trowel, I began vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche….I had scarcely laid the first tier of the masonry when I discovered that the intoxication of Fortunato had in a great measure worn off. The earliest indication I had of this was a low moaning cry from the depth of the recess. It was not the cry of a drunken man. There was then a long and obstinate silence

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which passage marks the climax of the story?

• "For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!"

• There came forth in return only a jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so.

• I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.

• As I said these words I busied myself among the pile of bones of which I have before spoken. Throwing them aside, I soon uncovered a quantity of building stone and mortar. With these materials and with the aid of my trowel, I began vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche….I had scarcely laid the first tier of the masonry when I discovered that the intoxication of Fortunato had in a great measure worn off. The earliest indication I had of this was a low moaning cry from the depth of the recess. It was not the cry of a drunken man. There was then a long and obstinate silence

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which word BEST describes the tone of the narrator in concern to his conflict with Fortunato in the exposition?

• vengeful

• regretful

• joyful

• respectful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4