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WorksheetsCask of Amontillado - What do you know?
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
This line takes place in the final paragraph of the story, just as Montresor is finishing walling Fortunato into the catacombs to die: “My heart grew sick; it was the dampness of the catacombs that made it so.” What insight into the narrator’s point of view does this line likely provide the reader?
Montresor is feeling emotional turmoil over what he has done to Fortunato.
Montresor is afraid of the dark.
Montresor has been suffering from a chronic illness.
Montresor had too much carnival food.
Why does Montresor repeatedly warn Fortunato about the bad air in the vaults?
He is concerned about his health
He wants to make sure Fortunato doesn't suspect his motives
He wants Fortunato to leave him alone
He wants Fortunato to get Luchesi
Select two that apply: The forward movement of the Cask of Amontillado in the beginning is generated by
what happens between Montresor and Fortunato
what happens between Montresor and himself
what happens when Montresor's execute his revenge
what happens when Fortunato pleads for his life
What did Poe use to show Montresor's manipulation of Fortunato?
narration
dialogue
irony
empathy
How did Poe portray Montresor as unreliable?
by making him the narrator
by making him recount his plans for revenge
by giving him the upper hand of the situation
by making his feelings beyond a normal person's
How did Montresor's unreliability affect the progression of events in the story?
by the last-minute reversal: "My heart grew sick"
by the new ethical relation built among Poe, Montresor and the authorial audience
by the way his pride affects his telling of the story
None of the above
Montresor's confession is an acknowledgment of guilt.
True
False
Which adjective best describes Montresor from "The Cask of Amontillado"?
reasonable
easygoing
calculating
stingy
Why does Montresor yell into the niche?
He was showing Fortunato that screaming will not bring help.
He lost his mind.
He was stabbed with a rapier.
He threw a flambeaux through the hole.
