Masque of the Red Death Final Review

impede

• delay or prevent by obstruction
• respected
• behavior in keeping with good taste
• abundunt

cessation

• abundunt
• delay or prevent by obstruction
• the process of ending
• behavior in keeping with good taste

tangible

• the process of ending
• abundunt
• respected
• perceptible by touch

Why do Prince Prospero and his guests lock themselves in an abbey?

• to pray in seclusion
• to celebrate his birthday
• to escape an invading army
• to escape the Red Death

What do the red windows in the last chamber symbolize in “The Masque of the Red Death”?

• blood and death
• love and hope
• jealousy and fear
• elegance and wealth

Which of the following is a symbol that suggests that the revelers will not live long in “The Masque of the Red Death”?

• the white room
• the locked gates
• the prince's dagger
• the ebony clock

In “The Masque of the Red Death,” what does the uninvited guest symbolize?

• anger
• wealth
• celebration
• death

Why does Prince Prospero decide to have a masquerade?

• to show off his good decorating taste to his friends
• to give the musicians and entertainers something to do
• to distract himself and his guests from the boredom and fear of their seclusion
• to taunt those outside the walls who are suffering and dying of the Red Death

How do Prince Prospero's guests react to the black room?

• They fear it and do not want to enter it.
• They find it to be exciting and interesting.
• They avoid it because it is too dark.
• They are awed by its incredible beauty.

The revelers are appalled by the uninvited guest because:

• arrives uninvited.
• is costumed as a victim of the Red Death.
• interrupts the musicians.
• might contaminate the abbey with the plague.