Poe Unit Test

Passage: “A narrow fellow in the grass”

Which answer BEST explains how the setting affects the poem?

• The outdoor setting creates a place where a

  snake can appear and disappear mysteriously.

• The outdoor setting creates a place where the

  speaker’s imagination feels free.

• The outdoor setting creates a place where the

  speaker’s cries for help are not heard.

• The outdoor setting creates a place where the

  temperature changes drastically.

Passage: “A narrow fellow in the grass”

Reread line 5 from the poem:

“The grass divides as with a comb.”

What TWO images is the simile “as with a comb” meant to compare in the mind of the reader?

• A snake separating grass into two sections

• A snake separating from skin it has shed

• The individual teeth of a comb dividing

• A comb separating grass into two sections

• A comb separating hair into two sections

Passage: “A narrow fellow in the grass”

What does the imagery of the “whip-lash” (lines 13–16) suggest about a snake?

• A snake can curl up and stay very still or

  straighten out and move incredibly fast.

• A snake can shed its skin, leaving a copy of itself

  behind in the grass.

• A snake can make a hissing sound, which

  mimics the sound of a whiplash moving quickly

  through the air.

• A snake can have scaly skin that appears

  wrinkled when viewed from a distance

Passage: “A narrow fellow in the grass”

Which TWO lines BEST suggest that seeing a snake is quick and surprising?

• “A narrow fellow in the grass” (1)

• “His notice sudden is.” (4)

• “And opens further on.” (8)

• “Yet when a child, and barefoot,” (11)

• “It wrinkled, and was gone.” (16)

Passage: “A narrow fellow in the grass”

Which excerpt from the poem BEST suggests that the speaker is scared of snakes?

• “The grass divides as with a comb, / A spotted

  shaft is seen;” (5–6)

• “Yet when a child, and barefoot, / I more than

  once, at morn,” (11–12)

• “I feel for them a transport / Of cordiality” (19–20)

• “Without a tighter breathing, / And zero at the

  bone.” (23–24)

Passage: “The Cask of Amontillado”

Reread this sentence from paragraph 1 of the text:

“You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat.”

What does the underlined phrase imply about the person to whom Montresor is speaking?

• This person knows Montresor (the narrator) well.

• This person knows Fortunato well.

• This person has heard this story before.

• This person has no personal connection to

  the story.

Passage: “The Cask of Amontillado”

Reread these sentences from paragraph 1

of the text:

At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled—but the very definitiveness

with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish

with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally

unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.

Montresor (the narrator) uses the word “avenger” to refer to

• himself.

• Fortunato

Passage: “The Cask of Amontillado”

Reread paragraphs 1–2. Which THREE sentences from this excerpt MOST clearly suggest that Montresor (the narrator) is keeping his plans for revenge secret from Fortunato?

• “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne

  as I best could; but when he ventured upon

  insult, I vowed revenge.”

• “You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will

  not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to

  a threat.”

• “It must be understood, that neither by word nor

  deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my

  good will.”

• “I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face,

  and he did not perceive that my smile now was at

  the thought of his immolation.

• “It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails

  to make himself felt as such to him who has done

  the wrong.”

Passage: “The Cask of Amontillado”

Reread paragraph 3. Which TWO sentences from this paragraph suggest that Fortunato is an expert on fine wine?

• “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.”

• “Few Italians have the true virtuoso spirit.”

• “For the most part their enthusiasm is adopted

  to suit the time and opportunity—to practise

  imposture upon the British and Austrian

  millionaires.

• “In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his

  countrymen, was a quack—but in the matter of

  old wines he was sincere.”

Passage: “The Cask of Amontillado”

Place the events in the order in which they occur.

• Fortunato does something that insults or injures Montresor’s pride.

• Montresor tells Fortunato that he has acquired a pipe of Amontillado.

• Montresor runs into Fortunato during the

  carnival season.

• Montresor tells Fortunato that he is on his way to

  visit Luchesi.

• Fortunato invites himself to Montresor’s home to

  sample Montressor’s Amontillado wine.