Character Names
Who wrote The Cask of Amontillado? (You must say all three names)
Edgar Allan Poe
What celebration was happening the day of Fortunato's murder?
Carnival
grotesque
gross
palazzo
house
What literary device is used in the quote below?
“Ugh! ugh! ugh! — ugh! ugh! ugh! — ugh! ugh! ugh! — ugh! ugh! ugh! — ugh! ugh! ugh!”
Repetition, onomatopoeia
***DOUBLE JEOPARDY***
What does the name "Montresor" mean? (Hint: it's what his family "arms" is)
"No one attacks with impunity"
How long has Montresor kept his murder a secret?
half a century (50 years)
draught
a cup
***DOUBLE JEOPARDY***
In pace requiescat
Rest in peace
What literary device is used in the quote below?
“ 'The nitre!' I said: 'see, it increases. It hangs like moss upon the vaults'... "
Simile
What is the name of the person that Montresor is trying to use to manipulate Fortunato?
Luchesi
***Double Jeopardy***
What did Fortunato do to Montresor that insulted him so badly? You have 30 seconds to discuss your answer with your group.
We have no idea...
SPOOKY!
catacombs
tunnels in which people buried their dead relatives
D'or
Gold
*** DOUBLE JEOPARDY ***
Fortunato is dressed as a jester, or a clown. You have 30 seconds to decide as a group what his costume symbolizes about his character.
Fortunato is seen as a fool for falling for Montresor's scheme.
Who is Montresor trying to kill?
Fortunato
Was there ever truly a cask of amontillado?
Nope.
absconded
to leave secretly
Flambeaux
torches
Fortunato says that he is part of the Masons, a secret, powerful organization in the 1800s. Montresor says that he is also a part of the masons, only his comment is a pun. What pun (or joke) does Montresor make? You have 30 seconds to talk as a group before answering.
He pulls a trowel out of his pocket and says that he is a part of the mason family because he constructs masonry (bricks).
What is the name of the narrator?
Montresor
What does Montresor do to trick Fortunato into following him into the catacombs? I want a FULL explanation, you have 30 seconds to discuss your answer with your group.
He manipulates him by telling him he bought a cask of very rare wine and he needs an expert to verify it.
ignoramous
idiot
Roquelaire
cloak
What does Montresor foreshadow in the line "And I to your long life."
This foreshadows that he is going to end Fortunato's life.