Cask of Amontillado

Who is the narrator of "The Cask of Amontillado"?

• Luchesi
• Montresor
• Fortunato
• Amontillado

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the main conflict of the story? 

• Montresor vs. Himself
• Montresor vs. Fortunato
• Montresor vs. Luchesi
• Montresor Vs. Society

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The insult that Fortunato inflicts on Montresor

• concerns Montresor's home
• concerns Montresor's heritage
• insults Montresor's knowledge of wine
• is not revealed in the story

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When Fortunato offers to judge the wine, Montresor responds by 

• being sincerely eager
• pretending to be reluctant
• being sincerely eager
• being sincerely reluctant

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If Fortunato had not been under the influence of alcohol, he might have wondered why Montresor

• was carrying a trowel
• expressed concern for him
• offered him wine
• mentioned Luchesi

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Montresor stops working when Fortunato begins rattling his chains because Montresor

• is exhausted
• worries that someone will hear
• feels remorse
• wants to save Fortunato

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Most of the setting of the story takes place

• at the carnival
• in Fortunato's palazzo
• in the catacombs
• next to Luchesi's home

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Montresor tells Fortunato that he is a "man to be missed".  This is an example of  

• mood
• theme
• irony
• protagonist

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which line below hints that maybe Montresor had second thoughts about what he was doing to Fortunato?

• "I drink to the buried that repose around us"
• "Nemo me impune lacessit"
• "I grew impatient"
• "My heart grew sick- from the dampness of the catacombs"

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does this phrase mean, "A wrong is undressed when the retribution overtakes its redresser"?

• No wrong can be avenged
• A person who avenges a wrong shouldn't be punished
• A person who avenges a wrong must be punished
• People need to be dressed up in order to get revenge

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3