The insult that Fortunato inflicted upon Montresor

• concerns Monteresor's home

• concern's Montresor's wine

• concerns Montresor's knowledge of wine

• is not revealed

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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

When Fortunato offers to judge the wine, Montresor responds by

• being sincerely eager

• being sincerely reluctant

• pretending to be eager

• pretending to be reluctant

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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

Why does Montresor tell his servants that, even though he will not return until morning, they are not to leave the house?

• Deep down, he wants to be stopped.

• He thinks he may need their help.

• He knows this will make them leave.

• He wants them as witnesses that he wasn't there.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If Fortunato had not been inebriated, he might have wondered why Montresor

• was carrying a trowel

• mentioned Luchesi

• offered him wine

• expressed concern for his health

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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

Montresor stops working when Fortunato begins rattling his chains because Montresor

• is exhausted

• feels remorse

• wants to savor Fortunato's torture

• worries that someone will hear

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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

Who narrates The Cask of Amontillado?

• Fortunato

• Montresor

• Edgar Allen Poe

• 3rd person limited

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The setting of The Cask of Amontillado is primarily

• in the catacombs

• near the river outside Montresor's palazzo

• in Fortunato's palazzo

• at the carnival

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Montresor states to Fortunato, "You are a man to be missed." This is an example of

• irony

• foreshadowing

• irony and foreshadowing

• tragic hero

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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

Fortunato says, "Enough, the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough." This is an example of

• irony

• theme

• character development

• 1st person omnicient narration

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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

Which line from the story hints that maybe Montresor had second thoughts or doubts about what he did to Fortunato?

• "I drink to the buried that repose around us."

• "My heart grew sick - on account of the dampness of the catacombs."

• "Nemo me impune lacessit"

• "What had I done!"

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6