Masque of the Red Death Final Review

Who is the author of "The Masque of The Red Death"?

• Langston Hughes

• W.W Jacobs

• Maya Angelou

• Edgar Allan Poe

What is "The Masque of The Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe about?

• a popular ballroom dance

• a spreading of an infectious disease

• a nickname for Prince Prospero

• costumes for masquerade balls

How does Prince Prospero try to protect himself and his guests from the Red Death?

• By isolating himself and his guests and throwing a lavish party to distract from 

       the suffering outside

• By leaving the kingdom to settle in another area of the region

• By finding a cure to the Red Death

• By banishing all the sick individuals from the kingdom

What is unusual about where the masquerade takes place?

• There is a ballroom as large as the entire imperial suite in Prince Prospero’s 

       palace.

• Musicians play in a curved hall while guests dance in colored chambers.

• It begins at sundown and does not end until an ebony clock strikes.

• There are colored rooms that are connected to each other or situated along a 

       straight hall

Prince Prospero is a person who basically desires...

• good company and entertainment

• to face pain and suffering with courage.

• to be surrounded by people in simple clothes.

• others to share their feelings with him.

When Prince Prospero confronts the strangely masked guest, the prince...

• challenges the guest to a duel and then draws his sword in order to fight.

• draws a dagger, then chases the masked guest by going from room to room.

• demands that the masked guest leave since he or she was not invited.

• asks for the mask and costume so that he can wear them.

 In “The Masque of the Red Death,” Prince Prospero represents...

• a terrible, deadly disease that had been spreading through Europe.

• a future people who learned how to fight infectious diseases successfully.

• weak people who were easily infected by and died from bubonic plague.

•  anyone who believed they could fool death by their cleverness.

What is the significance of the "Red Death" in the story?

• It is a deadly and highly contagious plague that ravages the kingdom.

• It is a cure to the plague ravaging the kingdom.

• It is the name of the masquerade Prince Prospero throws.

•  It is the nickname given to Prince Prospero by the people in his kingdom.

What does the Red Death symbolize?

• It symbolizes that wealth can hold power.

• It symbolizes the love Prince Prospero had for his subjects.

•  It symbolizes the inevitability of death and the inability to escape it.

• It symbolizes hope for a cure of the plague in the kingdom.

Which statement expresses the theme of this allegory?

• Live life to the fullest.

•  Man cannot escape death.

• Money can buy you happiness.

• Laugh and the world laughs with you.