Figurative Language
"That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour."
personification
simile
At the end, the speaker is best described this way
Despair
The sense the narrator says is most acute
hearing
Fortunato's costume when Montresor meets him
What is a jester with cap and bells?
What metal is also known as quicksilver?
Mercury
Entreating
begging, imploring
"Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
Allusion
"Deep into that darkness peering" creates this feeling
Gloominess
His reason for killing the old man
Evil eye
Montresor's stated reason for revenge
What is an insult?
Where was milk chocolate invented?
Switzerland
Beguiling
charming, attracting
Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary ;
rare and radiant maiden;
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain...
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
Alliteration
This quote shows the speaker's agitation: "Prophet!" said I, "______ of evil!"
Thing
How the narrator murders the old man
What is suffocation?
Montresor baits Fortunato's pride with this rival wine "expert"
Who is Luchesi?
What is the official state tree of California?
Redwood
Desolate
barren, baren, desert
"A single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye" is this figure of speech
Metaphor
The lost love the speaker mourns
Lenore
Where the corpse is hidden
What is under the floorboards?
Montresor's coat of arms
What is a foot crushing a serpent?
The hymn for what branch of the US military begins with the line: "From the halls of Montezuma"?
Marine Corps
Countenance
expression, demeanor
The narrator brags about his acute hearing, yet that sense betrays him: this literary technique
irony
The feeling a poet creates to suggest an emotion
Mood
The beating heart symbolizes these two things
What are guilt and paranoia?
Montresor's family motto
What is Nemo me impune lacessit?
Which continent is home to the Tasmanian Devil?
Australian
Stately
regal, imperial, impressive
Fortunato toasts "the buried that repose around us" unaware of his fate: this type of irony
Dramatic
When one text mentions/refers to another text, piece of art, historical event, mythology, etc.
Allusion
How many policemen arrive at the door?
Three
"The Cask of Amontillado"
The antagonist of the story.
Who is Fortunato?
How many pairs of chromosomes does the average human have?
23
Ebony
dark, black
Montresor showing the trowel hints at the murder method: this device
Foreshadow
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
alliteration
How does the narrator kill the old man, and where does the narrator put the body when he is killed?
The narrator kills the old man by dragging the bed on top of his body. He then hides the body underneath the floorboards.
“The Cask of Amontillado”
The Montressor Arms: A huge human foot d’or, in this colored field, crushes a serpent.
What is azure?
What is the fear, or hatred of books called?
Bibliophobia
undaunted
unflagging, audacious
Death "had stalked with his black shadow before him"
Personification
What is the only word the raven quoths?
Nevermore
What makes the narrator unreliable?
His insanity
"The Cask of Amontillado"
“‘Amontillado!’ ‘I have my doubts.’ ‘Amontillado!’ ‘And I must satisfy them.’ ‘Amontillado!’”
Repetition
What is the least populated continguous U.S. state?
Wyoming
A sound "as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton"
Simile
Where does the Raven sit?
On the bust of Pallas
What is different about the eighth night?
The old man hears the narrator chuckle
The narrator makes a mistake
The old man wakes up and asks, "Who's there?"
“The Cask of Amontillado”
“Here I knocked the neck of a bottle which I drew from a long tow of its fellows that lay upon the mould."
Personification
The amphibious landings at Normandy during World War II was codenamed what?
D-Day
Dissimulation
Pretense, deceit, veiling
"Doubting, dreaming dreams" uses this device
Alliteration
What does the narrator see when he opens his door
Nothing
What brings the police officers to the house?
neighbors reported hearing a shriek
How long does Fortunato's body go undiscovered?
50 years
In what state can you find Pennsylvania Station?
New York
Waned
Disappear, decrease