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"The Cask of Amontillado" review
"The Cask of Amontillado" review
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9th Grade English review for quiz on story
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How does Montresor "punish with impunity?"
Montresor punishes Fortunato with a slow, tortuous death.
Montresor is able to brag about his murder, later
It is impossible for Fortunato to escape
It is impossible for him to be caught in the crime
2
The BEST definition of foreshadow is:
To know something in advance
To believe in the shadow of what may occur
A mysterious happening that is sure to occur again
To receive a hint at something that may happen in the future
3
Catacombs can BEST be described as:
A grave
A spiritual spot where people come to honor the dead
A mass gravesight where hundreds of dead are unnamed
An underground maze of burial places
4
"I must not only punish but punish with IMPUNITY," which means:
Fortunato will be punished for his insult
Montresor will never be caught for murder
Montresor will be punished
Fortunato will be avenged
5
"I had given them explicite orders not to stir from the house," is BEST described as:
Verbal irony
Situational irony
Reverse psychology
Foreshadow
6
Nemo me impune lacessit
is latin for:
I drink to your long life
The serpant is rampant for revenge
No one attacks me with impunity
I step on you, you step on me
7
The following is the BEST example of FORESHADOW:
I passed down a long and winding staircase
I produced from beneath the folds of my roquelare a trowel.
I smiled to his face
He threw the bottle upwards with a gesticulation.
8
What is ironic about the SETTING of the story, in Carnevale?
Carnevale is for fun; death occurs
People are incognito so they know that they can do crime
Carnevale is for incognito; two men know each other well
Death is a theme of the Carnevale: Death masks, Doctor masks
9
"I smile in his face" is an example of:
Situational irony
Symbolism
Flashback
Foreshadow
10
Started due to the Catholic tradition, which holiday inspired Carnevales throughout the world?
Thanksgiving
Lent
Easter
Christmas
11
What does the name Montresor symbolize?
He treads on others who insult him
He has passed middle school and is honorably in high school
He is a trespassor on other's lives
He is a mountain of a man
12
What is a Coat of Arms?
The arms you carry when you are at war
An athletic stat
A costume, like worn by the Irish, which shows your family
Your family crest
13
Define AFFLICTED: "The severe cold with which you are afflicted."
Given
Having a good time with
Provided
Burdened with
14
If you REPOSE at your final exam, what may be the result?
You have exceeded your best effort
You are poised for the college of your dreams
You have rested into the score of an ignoramous
You have done what most college-prep students do
15
Define INCOGNITO:
Without recognition
Without a charcter
Without a clue
Without a mask
16
What is the BEST description of a SYMBOL:
An answer to a question
A physical sign for something intangible
A foreshadow of the future
A reference to the divine
17
The Masons, for Fortunato, was a method to:
Know a great connoisseur of wine
Establish that he was more important
Drink from the Cask of Amontillado
Recognize a friend in the brotherhood
18
The wine, which Montresor served, was SYMBOLIC in which way?
Wine was the reason for their arguement
It got Fortunato further drunk
It represented medicine and the grave
Wine was the lure to Fortunato's death
19
A QUACK is best described as:
A duck call
An alternative situation
An advance on your allowance
A fake
20
The name, "Fortunato" symbolizes:
Good fortune
One who insults
Emminent death
The flambeau
21
What do the catacombs SYMBOLIZE?
Life
Death
Struggle
Afterlife
22
"But when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge." Infer what the insult was.
Fortunato discovered that Montresor was not a Mason
Fortunato absconded Montresor's wife
Fortunato wanted Montresor's immlation
Conoisseurship of wine
23
I said, "How remarkably well you are looking today." This is an example of:
Verbal irony
Reverse psychology
Foreshadow
Situational irony
24
The BEST definition of IMMOLATION is:
Deportation
Destruction
Detention
Delusion
25
Carnevale is celebrated in which American city and state?
New Orleans, Louisiana
Phoenix, Arizona
Los Angelos, California
New York, New York
26
When Montressor says, "And I to your long life," he is displaying which element of literature?
Flashback
Verbal irony
Climax
Situational irony
27
"The cough is mere nothing; it will not kill me," is an example of which Element of Literature?
Symbolism
Internal conflict
Situational irony
Ignoramous
28
"He prided himself on his CONNOISSEURSHIP of wines." The BEST definition:
Agility
Understanding
Expertise
Professionalism
29
What is MOST important about the SETTING of the Carnevale for Montresor's purpose?
It is isolated
It allows a person to be incognito
It has crowds of people
It offers opportunity to get your target drunk
30
A crypt or recess: In depth about four feet, in width three, in height six or seven: INFERENCE
Fortunato is doomed
This is a home for bones and skeletons
This is a coffin-shaped closet
Montresor will discover a good place for murder
31
"At length I would be AVENGED; this was a point definitely settled." Define AVENGED here.
Fortunato will feel bad about insulting Montresor
There wil be a happy ending for all
Fortunato will die
Montresor will get revenge
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What does the "conical cap and bells" symbolize?
Montresor gets revenge
Montresor is a vile murderer
Fortunato is a fool
Fortunato is a jester