Theme: What does the narrator seem to realize about expectations vs. reality?

Reality is not always what we expect

Why does Poe describe death as a "sweet rest"?

To highlight how much better death seems than torture

Why does Poe allude to greek mythology within the first couple of paragraphs?

He alludes to Hades to emphasize the theme of death

Theme: What does the narrator seem to say about the state of being alive?

As long as we can think, we are alive

How are the heated walls personified?

They are described as having demon eyes

What is ironic about the placement of the pendulum?

It is expected to cut his bonds right before killing him

What is the BEST definition of irony?

the opposite of what you expect

What is the best definition of an allusion?

a reference to a significant literary or historical topic

Which is an example of personification?

"The pendulum's acrid breath fanned on me"

How can the reader tell that the narrator is in and out of consciousness

the images we get from the narrator's view

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"The Pit and the Pendulum"

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1
Who is our current vice president?
Barrack Obama
Joe Biden
Mike Pence
Donald Trump
2
Who is the best teacher?
Socrates
Ms. Marxhausen
Plato
Ms. Marxhausen
3
What does the narrator realize he was wrong about when the room is illuminated?
the temperature of the room
the people in the room
the judges
the size of the room
4
What is the historical context behind the story?
The Enlightenment
The French civil war
The Spanish Inquisition
The American Revolution
5
What can we determine about why the narrator has been captured?
He went against the church
He was violent
He lied
He sinned
6
Theme: What does the narrator seem to realize about expectations vs. reality?
Expectations always defy reality
Reality is always perceivable and concrete
Reality is confusing when we are groggy
Reality is not always what we expect
7
What point of view is the story told from?
second person
third person
first person
fifth person
8
Why does Poe describe death as a "sweet rest"?
To highlight the narrator's apparent insanity
To highlight how wonderful death is for everyone
To highlight how much better death seems than torture
To highlight how suicidal the narrator is
9
How does the story end?
The narrator escapes and kills the judges
The French army saves him
The narrator is cut in half by the pendulum
The judges keep him alive to torture him more
10
What are key elements of Romanticism?
logic and reasoning
rational thought
light and dark
emotion and nature
11
Why does Poe allude to greek mythology within the first couple of paragraphs?
He alludes to Aphrodite to emphasize the theme of love
He alludes to Hades to emphasize the theme of death
He alludes to Zeus to emphasize the theme of power
He alludes to Mount Olympus to emphasize godliness
12
What is the best definition of imagery?
Character traits
sensory details
An image
hints at the future
13
Theme: What does the narrator seem to say about the state of being alive?
Being dead is better than being alive
As long as we are fully conscience we are alive
Being tortured isn't really living
As long as we can think, we are alive
14
What does the word "indeterminate" mean?
able to see
not able to see
not able to figure out
able to figure out
15
What does the word "swooned" mean?
to love
swear your love for
to faint
to miss
16
Vocab: What does the word "interminable" mean?
something that ends
somethings that never ends
fatal
a subterminal
17
What does the narrator fear the most?
the judges
the unknown
death
darkness
18
What does the narrator fall into?
a net
a pit
a job
a well
19
How are the heated walls personified?
They are described as having a suffocating heat
They are described as having demon eyes
They are described as being able to give hugs
They are described as having an evil nature
20
What is ironic about the placement of the pendulum?
The rats keep biting him
The rats will die before he does
It is expected to cut his bonds right before killing him
It is expected to split him in half & the rats will be free
21
Who wrote "The Pit and the Pendulum"?
Emily Dickinson
Edgar Allan Poe
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Walt Whitman
22
What is the BEST definition of irony?
Something made of iron
To expect what you're expecting
having high expectations
the opposite of what you expect
23
What does the narrator think the pendulum is the first time he sees it?
a picture of his grandmother
a mirror
a picture of a scythe
a picture of the Spanish Inquisition
24
What is the best definition of an allusion?
a reference to a significant literary or historical topic
a ghost
sensory details
an apparition
25
Which is an example of personification?
"the pendulum was sharp like a razor"
"my soul was filled with ice"
"The pendulum's acrid breath fanned on me"
"the walls had a suffocating odor"
26
How can the reader tell that the narrator is in and out of consciousness
the images we get from the narrator's view
The dark mood of the story
The third person narrator tells us directly
the judges talk about it
27
Although he was in complete blackness and darkness, why didn't the narrator think he was dead?
He could hear the judges were saying
He had thoughts and feelings
He could see the revolution
He could imagine his family back home
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What kind of diction does Poe use to convey the OVERALL mood of the story?
sinister
assertive
ecstatic
euphoric

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