"Masque of the Red Death"

Which is not a symptom of the Red Death?

• bleeding from the face

• dizziness

• vomiting

• sharp pains

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Who did Prince Prospero invite to stay in his "castellated abbey"?

• a thousand of his friends

• his dominions

• anyone who lost someone to the Red Death

• Just his family

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How many rooms were there during the masquerade?

• 5

• 9

• 12

• 7

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What is true about the rooms?

• all different colors
• very small
• smell like flowers
• all have hidden passageways 

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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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What happens immediately when the ebony clock strikes midnight?

• A strange masked figure is seen by the whole company.
• Prince Prospero asks all of the guests to leave.
• The Red Death kills everyone in the castle.
• Prince Prospero commits suicide.

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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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What order does Prospero give?

• for the party to stop
• the new guest be seized and unmasked
• rooms to be locked
• for the new guest to be killed

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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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Which is the following a theme of "Masque of the Red Death"?

•  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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