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Worksheets5 Cask of Amontillado
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 29mins
Who is the author of "The Cask of Amontillado?"
Gary Soto
William Shakespeare
Edgar Allan Poe
Julia Alvarez
Who is the narrator of the story?
Luchresi
Fortunato
Montressor
What does Montressor want?
He wants to eat balleadas.
He wants to go to sleep.
He wants to get revenge.
He wants to find a new girlfriend.
What is the setting of the story?
Carnival
Christmas
Thanksgiving
Independence Day
a person with expert knowledge
immolation
absconded
connoisseurship
free from punishment
accosted
encrusted
impunity
death or destruction - a sacrifice
abscond
aperture
Immolation
impunity
What is the climax of the story?
When Montresor pulls out the trowel
When Fortunato drinks the Medoc for his cough
When Fortunato gets tied up with the chain and padlock
When Montresor drops his torch into the tomb
What evidence is provided in the resolution of the story?
Fortunato is a mason
Fortunato insulted Montresor
Fortunato is not friends with Luchresi
Fortunato has been in the catacombs for 50 years
What type of conflict is shown in this story?
Man Vs. Nature
Man Vs. Self
Man Vs. Supernatural
Man Vs. Man
What line is an example of "foreshadowing"?
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could"
"Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry"
"I shall not die from a cough"
"In pace requiescat!"
Which line from the text is an example of a hyperbole?
"No one attacks me with impunity"
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could"
"And I drink to your long life"
"Luchresi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry"
What is the significance of Montresor's family's coat of arms?
The Montresor family has stinky feet
The Montresors hate snakes
The Montresors seek revenge
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
A theme of "The Cask of Amontillado" could be
love
revenge
honesty
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?
Symbolism
Personification
Irony
Foreshadowing
When the reader knows something that the characters in the story do not, this is:
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Symbolism
From whivh point of view is the story told?
3rd person Omniscient
1st person with one line of 2nd person
1st person
2nd person
