WorksheetsThe Pit and the Pendulum
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the first obstacle the prisoner experiences?
The Pit
The darkness
A soldier
The pendulum
What is something the prisoner constantly experiences?
rats
voices in his head
fire
fainting
What event was the prisoner sentenced to death during?
WW1
Civil war
Spanish Inquisition
Medieval Inquisition
What does he use to attract the mice to the rope?
mashed potatoes
butter from his food tray
meat
blood
Who is he rescued by?
French general
Spanish general
Italian prince
American soldier
What brings the prisoner to the pit near the end of the story?
Fire growing behind him
The curiosity of what was in it
He had given up and went there to accept his defeat
The walls closing in
The prisoner believes he is in a cell as soon as he wakes up.
True
False
What is swinging above the prisoner and what is he strapped to.
A round clock, A wooden frame
A sword, a steel bench
A pendulum, A wooden frame
A pendulum, A steel bench
What do the pit, the pendulum, and the chamber represent (click multiple)?
Death
Torture
Becoming a better person
Punishment
The prisoner is given water and (a)
