The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe

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• immolation

• absconded

• connoisseurship

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Which word is an abstract noun in the following passage?

The wine sparkled in his eyes and the bells jingled. My own fancy grew warm with the Médoc.

• wine

• eyes

• bells

• fancy

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In which sentence is the word explicit used correctly?

• She has explicit talent.

• Nora gave us explicit directions.

• Sam is an explicit person.

• In explicit weather, stay home.

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In "The Cask of Amontillado," what is the central conflict?

• the narrator vs Fortunato

• the narrator vs society

• the narrator vs Luchesi

• the narrator vs himself

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What can you predict from the following quotation from "The Cask of Amontillado."

At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled-but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk.

• Montresor is weak and will be afraid to take any action.

• Montresor is rash and will make mistakes, and he will therefore be caught.

• Montresor is indecisive and will hesitate to take any action.

• Montresor is cautious and will make his plans carefully.

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Which word best describes the subject of "The Cask of Amontillado"?

• danger

• friendship

• recovery

• retribution

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In "The Cask of Amontillado,' why does Fortunato go into the vaults?

• to meet Montresor's ancestors

• to find some peace and quiet

• to attend a meeting of masons

• to prove his wine expertise

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Choose the sentence in which precluded is used correctly.

• The arrival of Hurricane Frances precluded Sandra's flying to Chicago.

• Husam carefully precluded his books and lunch in his back pack.

• Gloria precluded everyone in her invitation to her birthday party.

• The stores precluded all of their merchandise for the sale.

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In the passage from "The Cask of Amontillado," which word is an abstract noun?

It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend.

• dusk

• supreme

• madness

• friend

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How many nouns (both common and abstract) can you find in this passage?

He had a weak point-this Fortunato-although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine.

• 3

• 5

• 6

• 8