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Cask of Amontillado Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 4hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the protagonist in The Cask of Amontillado?

a)

Montresor

b)

Fortunato

c)

Luchresi

d)

The servents

2.

Who is the antagonist in The Cask of Amontillado?

a)

Montresor

b)

Fortunato

c)

Luchresi

d)

The servants

3.

What is the setting in the introduction?

a)

France

b)

A carnival

c)

The catacombs

d)

None of the above

4.

What is the climax of the story?

a)

When Montresor pulls out the trowel

b)

When Fortunato drinks the Medoc for his cough

c)

When Fortunato gets tied up with the chain and padlock

d)

When Montresor drops his torch into the tomb

5.

What evidence is provided in the resolution of the story?

a)

Fortunato is a mason

b)

Fortunato insulted Montresor

c)

Fortunato is not friends with Luchresi

d)

Fortunato has been in the catacombs for 50 years

6.

What type of conflict is shown in this story?

a)

Man Vs. Nature

b)

Man Vs. Self

c)

Man Vs. Supernatural

d)

Man Vs. Man

7.

What type of conflict is shown in this story?

a)

Man Vs. Nature

b)

Man Vs. Self

c)

Man Vs. Supernatural

d)

Man Vs. Man

8.

What line is an example of "foreshadowing"?

a)

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could"

b)

"Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry"

c)

"I shall not die from a cough"

d)

"In pace requiescat!"

9.

Which line from the text is an example of a hyperbole?

a)

"No one attacks me with impunity"

b)

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could"

c)

"And I drink to your long life"

d)

"Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry"

10.

What is the significance of Montresor's family's coat of arms?

a)

The Montresor family has stinky feet

b)

The Montresors hate snakes

c)

The Montresors seek revenge

d)

Don't bite the hand that feeds you

11.

What is the purpose for the narrator telling this story?

a)

To inform the reader about a time when he was insulted and needed to seek revenge

b)

To persuade the reader to go to a carnival and visit the catacombs

c)

To describe a specific time period in Paris

d)

To inform the reader about Amontillado and how rare it is

12.

Which word below means "The substance or essence of something"?

a)

Gist

b)

Rationale

c)

Digress

d)

Elude

13.

Which word below means "To leave the main subject temporarily"?

a)

Rationale

b)

Gist

c)

Elude

d)

Digress

14.

Which word below means "To intervene on behalf of another"?

a)

Gist

b)

Elude

c)

Absolve

d)

Intercede

15.

Which word below means "A set of reasons or logical basis for a course of action"?

a)

Elude

b)

Rationale

c)

Gist

d)

Intercede

16.

Which word below means "To escape from a dangerous situation"?

a)

Elude

b)

Intercede

c)

Absolve

d)

None of the above

17.

Which word below means the same as "liberate"?

a)

Gist

b)

Rationale

c)

Absolve

d)

Intercede