The Masque of the Red Death Comprehension Qs

Poe's main aim throughout the story is to create a growing sense of

• hope

• fear

• comfort

• anger

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How did Prospero decide to handle the Red Death?

• by sealing himself and his friends in the castle

• by fleeing the country

• by purchasing vast quantities of medicine

• by funding research to cure it

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What is true about the seven rooms?

• they are all different colors

• they are very small

• they smell like flowers

• they all have hidden passageways

Who dies at the end of the story?

• Prospero only

• Prospero's guests only

• the Red Death masquerader

• Prospero and all of his guests

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Why does the appearance of the masked figure fill the company with "terror, horror, and disgust?"

• People wonder how it got in the castle.

• They believe it resembles a victim of the Red Death.

• They are worried that it will ruin their masked ball.

• People are curious as to the identity of the figure.

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When Prince Prospero confronts the strangely masked guest, the prince,

• challenges the guest to a duel and then draws his sword in order to fight
• demands that the masked guest leave since he or she was not invited
• draws a dagger, then chases the masked guest by going from room to room
• asks for the mask and costume so that he, the prince, can wear them

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What can be inferred from the following quote? "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

• All those in the castle die, and the Red Death remains all powerful.  
• The company could not escape death and they died from the Red Death.
• Both 
• Neither

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Which statement expresses the theme of this story?

• Money can buy you happiness

• No one can hide from or escape death

• Laugh and the world laughs with you

• Live life to the fullest

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Few people dare to enter the black apartment because

• everything looks frightening there, and an ebony clock makes a strange sound
• without light, no one can see or dance
• it is the room where Prince Prospero wears the masque of the Red Death
• in this room a strange voice can be heard whose origins no one can trace

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What happened each time the clock chimed?

• The party paused and everyone laughed nervously

• The gates to the castle would open and someone would be granted entrance

• Nothing, people ignored clock.

• The Red Death appeared and someone died.

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