The Cask of Amontillado Review Quiz

Table Match: For each quote, select whether the sentence develops the theme that madness overrides logic, your perception is your reality,  or both. (R.1.2)

Select two ways the themes of “The Cask of Amontillado” are similarly developed. (R.1.2)

• Using a flashback to alter the narrative timeline

• Using dialogue to explain various characters’ perspectives

• Using figurative language to emphasize a character’s perception and experiences.

• Using allusions to hint at events that will occur later in the timeline

• Using rhetorical questions to reveal plot events leading to the climax

 How does the hyperbole of “the thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could” (Paragraph 5) contribute to the tone of the text? (R.3.1)

• The hyperbole creates a dream-like tone that goes beyond what is probable.

• The hyperbole creates a hopeful tone that exaggerates the narrator’s excitement.

• The hyperbole creates a vengeful tone that emphasizes the narrator’s determination in carrying out his plan.

• The hyperbole creates an apprehensive tone that emphasizes the narrator’s fear in carrying out his plan.

Read this excerpt from Paragraph 18:

“A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the chained form, seemed to thrust me violently back. For a brief moment I hesitated—I trembled.”

What is the author’s purpose for using punctuation in this section? 

• The dash/hyphen reveals the narrator’s inner conflict.

• The period indicates the end of a complete thought.

• The commas showed how loudly the narrator screamed.

• The dash/hyphen allows other characters to know the narrator;s thoughts.

Part B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer from Part A? (R.1.3)

• “The noise lasted for several minutes, during which, that I might hearken to it with the more satisfaction, I ceased my labors and sat down upon the bones.” (Paragraph 76)

• “"Ha! ha! ha!—he! he!—a very good joke indeed—an excellent jest.“” (Paragraph 79)

• The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. “ (Paragraph 4)

• “It was succeeded by a sad voice, which I had difficulty in recognising as that of the noble Fortunato.” (Paragraph 78)

 Select the word from Paragraph 24 that comes from a Latin word meaning “to hide self” or “away”. (V.1.2)

There were no attendants at home; they had  Ⓐabsconded to make merry in Ⓑhonor of the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them Ⓒexplicit orders not to Ⓓstir from the house.

• absconded

• honor

• explicit

• stir

Read the excerpt

“No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall within. There came forth in return only a jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick—on account of the dampness of the catacombs. 

What is the meaning of aperture as used in the excerpt?

• grave

• hole

• passage

• house