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The Cask of Amontillado

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a network of caves/tunnels that is used for the burial of dead and for the storage of wine

a)

niter

b)

catacombs

c)

amontillado

d)

trowel

2.

A colorless to white mineral that crystallizes in caves/caverns

a)

trowel

b)

niter

c)

coat of arms

d)

lent

3.

a wooden barrel or container used to hold wine

a)

amontillado

b)

impunity

c)

motto

d)

cask

4.

a festival season that occurs before Lent (usually in February or March)

a)

Carnival

b)

Christmas

c)

Lent

d)

Easter

5.

Emotion that is evoked in the reader by a piece of writing

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

allusion

d)

metaphor

6.

When there is a contrast between what is said and what is meant or interpreted

a)

dramatic irony

b)

situational irony

c)

verbal irony

7.

When there is a contrast between what really happens and what was expected or appropriate.

a)

dramatic irony

b)

situational irony

c)

verbal irony

8.

When the audience/reader knows something that a character does not know.

a)

dramatic irony

b)

situational irony

c)

verbal irony

9.

an organization of stone cutters/bricklayers that was formed in the middle ages that became a social group with secret rituals and signs

a)

Fortunatos

b)

Jestors

c)

Montresors

d)

Freemasons

10.

a pale, dry sherry from Spain

a)

Amontillado

b)

Medoc

c)

Bourbon

d)

Champagne

11.

a multicolored costume of a court jester/clown

a)

checkered

b)

motley

c)

coat of arms

d)

trowel

12.

to prevent or make impossible in advance

a)

retribution

b)

impose

c)

endeavor

d)

preclude

13.

expert knowledge in something

a)

connoisseurship

b)

occupation

c)

endeavors

d)

imposition

14.

moving backward, as in fear of something

a)

obstinate

b)

succession

c)

recoiling

d)

immolation

15.

stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action

a)

obstinate

b)

recoiling

c)

immolation

d)

impose

16.

punishment inflicted upon someone as a form of vengeance for a wrongdoing

a)

impunity

b)

precluded

c)

endeavors

d)

retribution

17.

freedom from punishment

a)

impunity

b)

retribution

c)

connoisseurship

d)

obstinate

18.

destruction, the killing or destruction of something

a)

immolation

b)

endeavor

c)

obstinate

d)

succession

19.

the series, sequence, progression of something

a)

endeavors

b)

succession

c)

immolation

d)

recoiling

20.

to take advantage of someones time by demanding their attention

a)

impose

b)

immolation

c)

endeavors

d)

medoc