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Cask of Amontillado vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

definition - to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible

a)

preclude

b)

repose

c)

subside

d)

termination

2.

freedom from punishment

a)

impunity

b)

retribution

c)

connoisseurship

d)

obstinate

3.

Definition: accost

a)

to put or set as if by authority

b)

leave secretly to avoid capture

c)

to confront boldly

d)

a parti-colored garment

4.

Identify the vocabulary word that matches the following definition:


the emotion the reader feels while reading a text

a)

tone

b)

point of view

c)

mood

d)

happiness

5.

Identify the vocabulary word that matches the following definition:


the narrator's position or perspective while the story is being told

a)

mood

b)

point of view

c)

tone

d)

voice

6.

Identify the vocabulary word that matches the following definition:


when a character or the narrator says one thing, but means the opposite

a)

situational irony

b)

verbal irony

c)

dramatic irony

d)

point of view

7.

Identify the vocabulary word that matches the following definition:


when the audience/reader is more aware of what is actually going on in the story than a character

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Verbal Irony

d)

Mood

8.

Identify the vocabulary word that matches the following definition:


When the reader and character expects something to happen in the story, but something else unexpectedly occurs instead.

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Verbal Irony

d)

Casket

9.

freedom from punishment or consequences of an action

a)

retribution

b)

trowel

c)

aperture

d)

impunity

10.

Always careful, Montresor took precautions to _____________ anyone from finding out.

a)

subside

b)

destined

c)

accost

d)

preclude

11.

Then, one night, Montresor ____________ Fortunato in a friendly way and persuaded him to taste some wine stored in the Montresor family catacombs.

a)

subsided

b)

destined

c)

accosted

d)

implored

12.

While they were descending into the catacombs, Fortunato began to cough severely. Montresor stopped and ___________ his friend to go back, but Fortunato waved away his concern.

a)

accosted

b)

implored

c)

reposed

d)

subsided

13.

Montresor had gotten his revenge with ________________.

a)

virtuoso

b)

fetter

c)

impunity

d)

termination

14.

freedom from punishment

a)

impossible

b)

immature

c)

puny arms

d)

impunity

15.

to beg

a)

impune

b)

implore

c)

implode

d)

puny arms

16.

Immunity from punishment, penalty, or harm.

a)

catacombs

b)

impunity

c)

palazzo

d)

niche

17.

She mistakenly believed that she couldinsult people with impunity.


How would someone with impunity feel?

a)

Invincible

b)

Vulnerable

18.

The killer acted without fear of retribution.


What is the closest synonym of retribution?

a)

Punishment

b)

Reward

c)

Incentive

19.

When one is a connoisseur at something, he/she is _____ at it.

a)

an expert

b)

a beginner

c)

a noob

20.

When something is explicit, it is...

a)

clearly stated

b)

vague

c)

ambiguous

d)

only implied