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WorksheetsAmplify_7D_Reviewer
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 30mins
Thus speaking, Fortunato possessed himself of my arm. Putting on a mask of black silk, and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.
There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honor of the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house. (paragraph 23-24)
As Montresor and Fortunato leave together to go to his house, what does Montresor put on?
A cap with bells
A black mask
A red hood
A warm scarf
Select one image used to describe what the "narrow fellow" looks like.
"A spotted shaft is seen" (6)
"Have passed, I thought, a whip-lash" (13)
"Yet when a child, and barefoot,"(11)
"And zero at the bone."(24)
Which excerpt from the poem BEST suggests that the speaker is scared of snakes?
“The grass divides as with a comb, / A spotted shaft is seen;” (5–6)
“Yet when a child, and barefoot, / I more than once, at morn,” (11–12)
“I feel for them a transport / Of cordiality” (19–20)
“Without a tighter breathing, / And zero at the bone.” (23–24)
5 The grass divides as with a comb,
6 A spotted shaft is seen;
7 And then it closes at your feet
8 And opens further on.
9 He likes a boggy acre,
10 A floor too cool for corn.
11 Yet when a child, and barefoot,
12 I more than once, at morn,
Who is the speaker of the poem?
Which line from the poem best supports your answer?
An adult
A child
A snake
Line 9
Line 11
9 He likes a boggy acre,
10 A floor too cool for corn.
11 Yet when a child, and barefoot,
12 I more than once, at morn,
Judging from stanza 3 (lines 9–12), what type of conditions would the "narrow fellow" prefer?
Warm and dry
Cool and damp
Hot and soft
Cold and hard
A narrow fellow in the grass
Occasionally rides;
You may have met him, — did you not,
His notice sudden is.
In the stanza, the speaker says “you may have met him / did you not.” What does the speaker mean by this?
The speaker is stating that no one else has met the "narrow fellow."
The speaker is wondering whether someone else has met the "narrow fellow."
The speaker is saying that the "narrow fellow" is imaginary.
The speaker is accusing others of lying about having met the "narrow fellow."
A narrow fellow in the grass
Occasionally rides;
You may have met him, — did you not,
His notice sudden is.
According to the poem, this "narrow fellow" (1) appears
after a warning.
gradually.
before he's expected.
suddenly.
Which is the best paraphrase for the sentence "It must be understood, that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will." (2)
There is no reason for Fortunato to doubt my friendship.
My actions and words makes him doubt my good will.
Fortunato had no reason to question my friendship. I hadn't said or done anything to make him suspicious.
He doesn't know my true intention.
Why does Fortunato excitedly say “Come, let us go”?
because he wants to taste the Amontillado
because he is so excited to see the house of Monteressor
Fortunato is excited to try some Amontillado. Also, he is prideful and wants to show off that he knows he is better than Luchesi.
At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled—but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.
Montresor (the narrator) uses the word “avenger” to refer to
himself
just another person
Fortunato
What would most likely be MISSING if the story were written from Fortunato’s point of view?
The reader would not know that Montresor was angry with Fortunato.
The reader would not know how Fortunato feels about Montresor
The reader would not know that Montresor offered to consult with Luchesi.
. The reader would not know that the vaults below Montresor’s home are damp and encrusted with nitre.
"A huge human foot d'or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel." (paragraph 47)
In paragraph 47, what does the narrator tell Fortunato his family's arms (family logo) show?
A foot crushing a serpent
A serpent biting a foot
A serpent's fangs
All of the above
For protection from the damp, the narrator
gives Fortunato his coat.
lights a fire.
gives Fortunato some wine
decides to leave.
How does the narrator get Fortunato to step into the recess in the wall?
By threatening him with a weapon
By telling him the Amontillado is inside of it
By asking him to light the way
By asking him to look at the chains on the wall
What does Fortunato do as the narrator is just about to finish building the stone wall?
He starts to scream.
He asks for more wine.
He starts to laugh.
He apologizes to him.
No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall within. There came forth in return only a jingling of the bells. My heart grew sick—on account of the dampness of the catacombs. I hastened to make an end of my labor. I forced the last stone into its position; I plastered it up. Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat! (paragraph 89)
“For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them.” What information about the story does this sentence convey?
Ghosts have been haunting Montresor’s crypt.
The events of the story were all a dream.
Fifty years have passed since the events of the story.
It will take 50 years for someone to discover Fortunato’s body
Dramatic irony is when the reader or audience knows or understands __________ as the characters do.
more than
less than
the same
Throughout the story, Montresor makes comments to Fortunato such as, “My friend, no; I will not impose upon your good nature. I perceive you have an engagement” (19) and “Come … we will go back; your health is precious” (35). In these moments, the reader __________
is confused about why Montresor is changing his plan
assumes that Montresor is being a good friend to Fortunato
knows that Montresor is tricking Fortunato into thinking he is a friend.
When Montresor meets Fortunato one evening during Carnival season, he uses Fortunato’s conceit about his wine knowledge to trick him into going to the vaults. Choose two phrases that show how he does this.
Montresor tells Fortunato he may have a valuable kind of wine but is not sure.
Montresor buys Fortunato a drink at the Carnival celebration.
Montresor tells Fortunato he plans to ask Luchesi about the Amontillado.
Montresor tries to sell Fortunato several bottles of wine.
"It is farther on," said I; "but observe the white web-work which gleams from these cavern walls." He turned towards me, and looked into my eyes with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication. "Nitre?" he asked, at length. "Nitre," I replied. "How long have you had that cough?"
In the paragraphs, what is the “white web-work” on the walls of the crypt?
Montresor’s way of describing the piles of old bones
The pattern of mortar between the stones of the walls
A framework built for storing bottles of wine in the crypt
Nitre, a mineral formation caused by the dampness underground
