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Masque of the Red Death Final Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is everywhere in this story?

a)

music

b)

birds

c)

clouds

d)

death

2.

Poe's main aim is to create a growing sense of 

a)

hope

b)

fear

c)

comfort

d)

anger

3.

What does prince prospero weld shut?

a)

castle doors

b)

windows

c)

chest with cure

4.

Who dies at the end of the story?

a)

prospero only

b)

prospero's guests only

c)

the red death masquerader

d)

prospero and all of his guests

5.

Why do Prince Prospero and his guests lock themselves in an abbey?

a)

to pray in seclusion

b)

to celebrate his birthday

c)

to escape an invading army

d)

to escape the Red Death

6.

What do the red windows in the last chamber symbolize in “The Masque of the Red Death”?

a)

blood and death

b)

love and hope

c)

jealousy and fear

d)

elegance and wealth

7.

Which of the following is a symbol that suggests that the revelers will not live long in “The Masque of the Red Death”?

a)

the white room

b)

the locked gates

c)

the prince's dagger

d)

the ebony clock

8.

In “The Masque of the Red Death,” what does the uninvited guest symbolize?

a)

anger

b)

wealth

c)

celebration

d)

death

9.

The revelers are appalled by the uninvited guest because:

a)

arrives uninvited.

b)

is costumed as a victim of the Red Death.

c)

interrupts the musicians.

d)

might contaminate the abbey with the plague.

10.

Why is “The Masque of the Red Death” an allegory?

a)

Everyone dies in the end.

b)

The theme is ambiguous.

c)

All of the characters and settings are symbolic.

d)

The story teaches a lesson about good and evil.

11.

The quote, "There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and the profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution," is describing:

a)

the people at the party

b)

the symptoms of the Red Death

c)

Prince Prospero

d)

the uninvited guest

12.

Which of the following quotes best supports the Major Theme of the story?

a)

“The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think.” (Paragraph 2)

b)

“while the pestilence raged most furiously abroad, that the Prince Prospero entertained his thousand friends at a masked ball” (Paragraph 3)

c)

“‘Who dares?’ he demanded hoarsely of the courtiers who stood near him — ‘who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery?’” (Paragraph 11)

d)

“And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.” (Paragraph 16)

13.

What is the significance of the seven colored rooms in 'The Masque of the Red Death'?

a)

A) They represent the seven deadly sins.

b)

B) They symbolize the stages of life.

c)

C) They are just for decoration.

d)

D) They indicate different social classes.

14.

In 'The Masque of the Red Death,' what does the ebony clock symbolize?

a)

A) The inevitability of death.

b)

B) The wealth of Prince Prospero.

c)

C) The passage of time.

d)

D) The joy of the masquerade.

15.

Which literary device is predominantly used in 'The Masque of the Red Death' to convey its themes?

a)

A) Metaphor

b)

B) Allegory

c)

C) Simile

d)

D) Hyperbole