Worksheets'The Masque of the Red Death'
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which are symptoms of the red death?
sharp pains
bleeding from the pores
dizziness
all of the above
Why do Prince Prospero and his guests lock themselves in an abbey?
to pray in seclusion
to celebrate his birthday
to escape an invading army
to escape the Red Death
What do the red windows in the last chamber symbolize in “The Masque of the Red Death”?
blood and death
passion and desire
sus and imposter
Shaq and Kobe
Prince Prospero's guests seem happy and carefree, but they stop celebrating and get very quiet every time the clock chimes. What does this tell you about how they are really feeling?
They love to watch NFL football on Sundays
He is stabbed with a dagger.
Under their happy exterior, they are still worried about the Red Death. It's the "elephant" in the room.
the peasants' revenge
The events of this story are related to
a popular ballroom dance
a spreading infectious disease
the nickname of the prince
the costumes for masquerade balls
Prince Prospero is a person who desires____________
only fun and extravagance
the company of his family and loved ones
to be adored by all and seen as a good leader
to be one with all his people, both wealthy and poor
The ________________symbolized time running out in one's life. It symbolized The End.
The castle
The clock
The 7th chamber
The masked stranger
The masked stranger was a symbol for what?
The plague
COVID-19
death
time left in life
Which statement best expresses the theme of this story?
Live life to the fullest because you never know when time might run out.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, but only if they aren't laughing at you.
Money can't buy you happiness but it can buy you safety
You cannot cheat death no matter what your social class is.
The 7th chamber was a symbol of __________.
death
Hell
safety
fear
This example of imagery contains all of the following except:
The Red Death was acknowledged and “Had come like a thief in the night, and one by one dropped the revelers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel and dies each in the despairing posture of his fall.”
personification
simile
onomatopoeia
alliteration
How you feel when you read a story. It is how the author makes the reader feel.
hyperbole
mood
imagery
tone
The Masked figure in the story is a symbol of ________
The plague/disease
Death
a murderer
fear
The tone of this passage can best be described as_____________
“The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour.”
upbeat and cheerful
dark and desperate
melancholy and light hearted
terrifying and grueseum
There is an unfair balance of power and wealth and the social classes are separated intentionally.
This is symbolized in the story by the _______________
Chamber 7
clock
masked figure
castle
What is the symbolism of the clock stopping and the lights going out at the end of the story?
It was the moment when the Intruder was unmasked
The people stopped worrying about the intruder and continued having a good time
The party was over and people needed to go home
Everybody had died. There was no more hours left until death.
Based on the context clues, What is the best definition of the highlighted word?
"But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys.
ignorant
clever
Carefree
unapologetic
"Gaudy and fantastic appearances" are created at the masquerade ball by ....
the prince who wears a frightening costume and dances in several rooms.
a man in a red mask who enters the various rooms and does a bizarre dance.
flames that shine through red glass windows in each of many rooms along a hallway.
the guests who take turns putting on a red mask, which makes them act in strange ways.
Which is the best answer as to why Poe used a masquerade ball in the story?
because he loved to party
his wife loved to wear masks
to show that you can't hide from death
because the Prince was a party animal
