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Cask of Amontillado

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the plot In the Cask of Amontillado?

a)

Revenge

b)

Overcoming the monster

c)

Voyage and return

d)

Coming of age

2.

What were Fortunato's last words?

"For the love of god (a)   !"

3.

Fortunato Escapes in the end

(True or False)

a)
True
b)
False
4.

Why does Montresor hate Fortunato?

a)

Fortunato offended him

b)

Childhood enemies

c)

Fortunato stole from him

d)

No reason

5.

How did Montresor manipulate

Fortunato into following him?

a)

He made him drunk

b)

drugged him

c)

knocked him out them dragged him by the leg

d)

Fortunato was functioning properly and went on his own

6.

how could have Fortunato prevented his death?

a)

not take whatever Montresor gave him

b)

Not follow Mont.

c)

Not say something that'll offend Mont.

d)

It wasnt preventable.

7.

The story takes place in

a)

America during Carnival time

b)

Amontillado during Carnival time

c)

the present right after Christmas

d)

Italy during Carnival time

8.

Montresor kills Fortunato by —

a)

walling him up

b)

poisoning him

c)

stabbing him

d)

beating him to death with iron

9.

The narrator’s persona is clearly —

a)

elderly

b)

insane

c)

sane

d)

friendly

10.

Write a short paragraph on how YOU the reader think this

could be a possible situation that can take place in real life.

4 lines
11.

An unreliable narrator may be described as one who —

a)

a. deliberately does not tell the whole truth

b)

b. makes untrue statements but is always corrected by another character

c)

c. lies throughout the story but admits the truth at the end

d)

d. is unreliable until the story’s climax

12.

In YOUR opinion, do you think revenge is the key too happiness

a)

Yes

b)

No

13.

does the cask of amontillado mean a story of revenge and secret murder?

a)
No
b)
Yes
14.

How does the story start?

a)

Montresor explaining why Fortunato has offended

b)

Fortunato sleeping

c)

Montresor laughing with all his friends

d)

Fortunato dead

15.

How did the story end?

a)

Fortunato hugging Montresor

b)

Montresor poisoning himself

c)

Fortunato being tied to the wall

d)

Fortunato escaping

16.

how did Fortunato offend Montresor using his voice?

a)

When he disrespected Montresor it hurt his feelings causing him to feel some type of way

b)

What He said as a joke Montresor laughed at

c)

Fortunato did not offend Montresor

17.

is this story true?

fiction or realistic fiction

(a)  

18.

who is the creator of this book?

a)

unknown

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Eem Triplin

d)

William Shakespear

19.

How does this story end?
(hint: comedy means ending is good)

a)

horror

b)

Comedy

20.

Does this story end in a tragedy?

a)

yes

b)

no