WorksheetsThe Cask of Amontillado
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who's the author of the Cask of Amontillado?
a)
James Thurber
b)
Edgar Allan Poe
c)
O' Henry
d)
Cynthia Rylant
2.
What are the two main character's names?
a)
Montresor and Luchresi
b)
Fortunato and Luchresi
c)
Montresor and Fortunato
d)
Allan and Poe
3.
Where is the setting at the beginning of the story
a)
Montresor catacombs
b)
Carnival
c)
Parisian Cafe
d)
French restaurant
4.
What point of view is this story told from?
a)
Second person
b)
First person
c)
Third person omniscient
d)
Third person limited
5.
What is the overall tone/mood of the story?
a)
Happy
b)
Exciting
c)
Gloomy
d)
Monotonous
6.
What does Montresor build around Fortunato?
a)
Jail
b)
Building
c)
Wall
d)
Dam
7.
Who chains Fortunato to the wall?
a)
Edgar
b)
Lady Fortunato
c)
Luchesi
d)
Montresor
8.
What did Fortunato do to Montresor?
a)
tainted his reputation
b)
hurt him a thousand times
c)
called him fat
d)
nothing
9.
What is the rare wine in the cellar called?
a)
Sherry
b)
Amontillado
c)
Pinot Noir
d)
Chardonnay
10.
How many years has passed since Montresor committed the crime?
a)
a thousand
b)
a decade
c)
half a century
d)
half a millenia
11.
What does Montresor say to Fortunato's body?
a)
Veni Vidi Vici
b)
In pace requiscat
c)
Carpe diem
d)
Que sera sera
12.
What suspense is provided in the story?
a)
Why Luchresi killed Montresor
b)
The information on how Montresor wounded Fortunato
c)
The missing information of how Fortunato wounded Montresor
d)
How Fortunato died
13.
When Fortunato offers to judge the wine, Montresor responds by
a)
being sincerely eager
b)
feigning reluctance
14.
What does this quote describe "His eyes are two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication"?
a)
Fortunato is happy
b)
Fortunato is under the influence of alcohol
c)
Fortunato has been crying
d)
Fortunato is very angry
15.
Why does Fortunato go to the vault?
a)
To seek revenge against Montresor
b)
To prove he knows wine
c)
To find peace and quiet
d)
To attend a meeting
16.
Which phrase best describes the theme of the story?
a)
Friendship is vauable
b)
Revenge is best when the punisher is not punished
c)
Avoid attending parties when ill
d)
Miscommunication can be harmfuk
17.
Which event is considered the climax (most exciting moment) of the story?
a)
The meeting of Fortunato and Montresor
b)
The trip down the catacombs
c)
Fortunato's death
d)
Montresor walls Fortunato in
18.
Fortunato says, "Enough, the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough." This is an example of
a)
suspense
b)
irony
c)
personification
d)
foreshadowing
19.
Why does the author reveal Montresor's motto, "no one provokes me unpunished'?
a)
to demonstrate how forgiving the Montresor's are to their enemies
b)
to contrast the narrator's actions with his family's beliefs
c)
to reinforce what will happen to Fortunato because of his actions
d)
to establish that the story was written a long time ago
20.
Fortunato is susceptible to Montresor's use of reverse psychology when he dismisses the nitre and his cough. Fortunato is determined to go deeper into the catacombs to taste the Amontillado.
a)
True
b)
False
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