The Pit and the Pendulum

The story is told from which point of view?

• Third-person-limited view of a member of the French army
• Omniscient view of the author
• Third-person view of the inquisitor
• First-person view of the prisoner

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When he comes to after fainting, what does the narrator remember?

• Shadowy figures carrying him to a strange damp place
• His childhood and his parents
• His wife and children back home
• His previous stay in the dungeon

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The narrator is afraid that he will find himself in a tomb because he —

• fears that he will be taken from the tomb and tortured
• fears that he has been buried alive
• has always been afraid of tombs
• suspects the tomb will plunge into a bottomless pit

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What fate does the narrator think awaits him?

• Starvation
• The torture of his family
• Public execution
• Many months in the dungeon

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When the narrator is sentenced to die, the authorities provide him with food because they —

• feel very sorry for him
• left the food there by mistake
• plan more punishments before he dies
• always feed their prisoners until the end

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At the end of the story, the —

• narrator plunges to his death in the pit
• narrator is saved from the pit by a French general
• inquisitors release him because he is really innocent
• prison burns, and in the turmoil the prisoner is able to escape

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What was the Spanish Inquisition?

• My buddy Poncho selling me tacos in his Mom's basement
• An uprising of peasants in Honduras
• The maintaining of the Catholic religion in Spain 
• An enchilada, wrapped in a burrito, wrapped in a chalupa

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What is Poe's tone in the story?

• Serious and boring
• Happy and Joyfull
• Humorous and light 
• Dark, Serious, and Urgent

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What is the mood of the story?

• Nervewracking and stressful
• Suspenseful, mysterious, and horrifying
• Optimistic and hopeful
• Fun and lively

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Why is the narrator's perspective subjective (why is he an unreliable narrator)?

• He is suffering hunger,thrist,terror,loss of consciousness, and possibly hallucinations

• He is a criminal who has been found guilty and sentenced to prison

• He is clearly biased against catholic beliefs

• He is something of a drama queen who sensationalizes as being worse than it is

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