The Cask of Amontillado

Who is the narrator of "The Cask of Amontillado"?

• Fortunato

• Montresor

• Edgar Allen Poe

• The narrator is unknown

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Which quotation from "The Cask of Amontillado" is an example of verbal irony?

• "The man wore motley."

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

  "And I to your long life." --Montresor

• "The wine sparkled in his eyes and the bells jingled."

• "A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the chained from, seemed to thrust me violently back."

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If something is ironic that means that something is

• funny

• scary

• unexpected

• sarcastic

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What is a cask of Amontillado?

• It's a barrel of grape juice.

• It's a can of beer.

• It's a barrel of wine.

• It's a sack of potatoes.

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Define "impunity" in the quote "No man harms me with impunity."

• guiltless

• freedom from punishment

• impossible

• irony

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punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act

• Preclude

• Retribution

• Immolation

• Obstinate

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An expert in the matter of taste

• Endeavor

• Connoisseur

• Succession

• Immolation

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According to the story, why does Montresor plan revenge against Fortunato?

• Fortunato stole his Amontillado.

• Fortunato offended him for some unknown reason.

• Fortunato believed that his family was not respectable.

• Fortunato committed many different acts of violence against him.

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What is the meaning of "explicit" as it used in the following line “I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house”?

• Indefinite

• clear

• vague

• implicit

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Which line best illustrates the author’s use of imagery to foreshadow events to come?

• “A giant golden foot on a blue field; the foot crushes a serpent whose fangs are in the heel."

• “You, who understand my character well, might think I would openly threaten him.”

• “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when I ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.”

• “Let us go, nevertheless. The cold is merely nothing.”

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