Amplify 7D Assessment Quiz

Which answer BEST explains how the setting affects the poem "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass?

• The outdoor setting creates a place where a snake can appear and disappear mysteriously.

• The outdoor setting creates a place where the speaker's imagination feels free.

• The outdoor setting creates a place where the speaker's cries for help are not heard.

• The outdoor setting creates a place where the temperature changes drastically.

What does the imagery of the "whip-lash" (lines 13–16) suggest about a snake?

• A snake can curl up and stay very still or straighten out and move incredibly fast.

• A snake can shed its skin, leaving a copy of itself behind in the grass.

• A snake can make a hissing sound, which mimics the sound of a whiplash moving quickly through the air.

• A snake can have scaly skin that appears wrinkled when viewed from a distance.

Which lines from the poem BEST suggest that the speaker is scared of snakes?

• The grass divides as with a comb, / A spotted shaft is seen (lines 5–6)

• Yet when a child, and barefoot, / I more than once, at morn (lines 11–12)

• I feel for them a transport / Of cordiality (lines 19–20)

• Without a tighter breathing, / And zero at the bone (lines 23–24)

Reread this sentence from paragraph 1 of the text: "You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat." What does the underlined phrase imply about the person to whom Montresor is speaking?

• This person knows Montresor (the narrator) well.

• This person knows Fortunato well.

• This person has heard this story before.

• This person has no personal connection to the story.

Reread these sentences from paragraph 1 of the text: "At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled—but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong." Montresor (the narrator) uses the word "avenger" to refer to

• himself.

• Fortunato.

What would most likely be MISSING if the story were written from Fortunato's point of view?

• The reader would not know that Montresor was angry with Fortunato.

• The reader would not know how Fortunato feels about Montresor.

• The reader would not know that Montresor offered to consult with Luchesi.

• The reader would not know that the vaults below Montresor's home are damp and encrusted with nitre.

In a staged version of "The Cask of Amontillado," which tone of voice should an actor use to represent the narrator's feelings toward Fortunato?

• Admiring

• Disgusted

• Peaceful

• Embarrassed

"There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honor of the

time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit

orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well knew, to insure their

immediate disappearance, one and all, as soon as my back was turned."

Which set of words BEST completes this sentence? In paragraph 24, Montresor explains that he has told his servants

• that he is staying at home that night, and that they should stay at home.

• that he is staying at home that night, and that they can go out and enjoy the festivities.

• that he will not be coming home that night, and that they should stay at home.

• that he will not be coming home that night, and that they can go out and enjoy the festivities.

"There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honor of the

time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit

orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well knew, to insure their

immediate disappearance, one and all, as soon as my back was turned."

Which set of words BEST completes this sentence? He says that his servants reacted to this by

• sneaking out to enjoy the festivities.

• announcing their plans to enjoy the festivities.

• following his directions exactly as stated.

• thanking him for the night off.

Read these sentences from paragraph 77: "I replied to the yells of him who clamored. I re-echoed—I aided—I surpassed them in volume and in strength. I did this, and the clamorer grew still." What does the word "replied" mean in this context?

• Whispered quietly

• Laughed menacingly

• Yelled loudly

• Whimpered mockingly