The Masque of the Red Death

The events of this story are related to 

• a popular ballroom dance
• a spreading, infectious disease
• a nickname for Prince Prospero
• costumes for masquerade ball

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What is unusual about where the masquerade takes place?

• There is a ballroom as large as the entire imperial suite
• Musicians play in a curved hall
• It begins at sundown and does not end until the ebony clock strikes
• There are colored rooms that are not connected to each other or situated along a straight hall

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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

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Who does Prince Prospero invite to the "deep seclusion of his castellated abbey?"

• All of the country
• Those affected with the Red Death
• His friends, including knights and dames
• His family

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How many rooms were there altogether?

• Seven
• Eleven 
• Nine 
• Ten

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What were each of the apartments or chambers of the abbey like

• They were all decorated the same.
• They were each of a different colour.
  
• They were poorly furnished and decorated.
  

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 Which apartment had the black velvet tapestries?

• The ninth 
• The seventh 
• The fifth
• The third

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What color were the panes in the seventh apartment?

• Yellow
• Red
• Blue
• Green

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Few people dare to enter the black apartment because

• face look frightening there, and an ebony clock makes a strange sound
• without light, no one can see or dance
• it is the room where Prince Prospero wears the masque of the Red Death
• in this room a strange voice can be heard whose origins no one can trace

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What was the clock made from? 

• Silver
• Wood
• Gold
• Ebony 

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