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5 Cask of Amontillado

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of "The Cask of Amontillado?"

a)

Gary Soto

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

d)

Julia Alvarez

2.

Who is the narrator of the story?

a)

Luchresi

b)

Fortunato

c)

Montressor

3.

What does Montressor want?

a)

He wants to eat balleadas.

b)

He wants to go to sleep.

c)

He wants to get revenge.

d)

He wants to find a new girlfriend.

4.

What is the setting of the story?

a)

Carnival

b)

Christmas

c)

Thanksgiving

d)

Independence Day

5.

a person with expert knowledge

a)

immolation

b)

absconded

c)

connoisseurship

6.

free from punishment

a)

accosted

b)

encrusted

c)

impunity

7.

death or destruction - a sacrifice

a)

abscond

b)

aperture

c)

Immolation

d)

impunity

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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!"

12.

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"

13.

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

14.

A theme of "The Cask of Amontillado" could be

a)

love

b)

revenge

c)

honesty

15.

In "The Cask of Amontillado," a character named Fortunado (which sounds like "fortunate") ends up being the opposite of fortunate.


What literary term does this demonstrate?

a)

Symbolism

b)

Personification

c)

Irony

d)

Foreshadowing

16.

When the reader knows something that the characters in the story do not, this is:

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Symbolism

17.
Montresor tells Fortunato that he is a "man to be missed."  This is an example of  ____________.
a)
mood
b)
theme
c)
irony
d)
protagonist
18.
Which phrase best describes the theme of the story, "The Cask of Amontillado"?
a)
Friendship is valuable
b)
Revenge is best when the punisher is not punished
c)
Avoid attending parties when ill
d)
Miscommunication can be harmful
19.

From whivh point of view is the story told?

a)

3rd person Omniscient

b)

1st person with one line of 2nd person

c)

1st person

d)

2nd person