The Masque of the Red Death Quiz

The events of this story are related to

• a popular ballroom dance

• a spreading, infectious disease

• a nickname for Prince Prospero

• costumes for masquerade ball

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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

What had long devastated the country?

• fever

• black death

• red death

• lice

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The sound of the ebony clock tolling each hour seems to make the guests feel.

• Amazed

• Nervous

• impatient

• courageous

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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

The fact that Poe represents death as a person is the use of..

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• Imagery

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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

Which room is farthest east and associated with new beginnings?

• blue

• green

• black

• purple

An allegory can be read on two levels of meaning. Those levels are..

• The literal and symbolic

• The literal and concrete

• The symbolic and abstract

• The symbolic and general

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

What could one infer that the meaning of the story is?

• Death will come to all regardless of wealth or any other thing.

• If we try hard enough, we can move beyond an expectation of death.

• Wealth can always get you what you want.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What brings the party to a halt?

• The king's body is discovered

• the clock strikes midnight

• there is a knock at the door

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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

The fact that all the characters and settings are symbolic make this story a/an

• satire

• metaphor

• anaphora

• allegory

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the definition of a symbol?

• the concept of creating characters for a narrative

• an ordinary object, event, person, or animal to which we have attached a special meaning.

• Juxtaposition of contradictory elements

• A comparison using like or as

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3