Background
What country does the story "The Cask of Amontillado" take place in?
What is Italy?
In what point of view is the story "The Cask of Amontillado"?
What is first-person point of view?
What does Montresor tell Fortunato he has down in his catacombs?
What is Amontillado?
Who insulted Montresor?
Who is Fortunato?
True or False: The story "The Cask of Amontillado" gives the message that revenge can be planned easily.
What event is taking place in the town during the story "The Cask of Amontillado"?
What is the Carnival?
This person narrates the story, "The Cask of Amontillado".
Who is Montresor?
What does Montresor do to Fortunato to make his plan easier?
What is get him drunk?
What is Fortunato dressed as?
What is a jester?
Why is Fortunato dressed as a jester symbolic?
What year was the story "The Cask of Amontillado" written?
What is 1846?
"You watch the football game with anticipation, not knowing if your team will win." is an example of what point of view?
What is second-person point of view?
This many years have gone by since the killing of fortunato.
What is fifty?
What kind of "specialist" does Fortunato consider himself to be?
What is wine?
This physical condition of Fortunato, which is repeatedly mentioned by Montresor, foreshadows his vulnerability and impending doom.
What is his cough?
What city did Edgar Allen Poe live in?
What is Baltimore?
These pronouns indicate something is written in third-person point of view.
What is "he", "she", or "they"?
How many walls did Montresor build to trap Fortunato?
What is eleven?
What secret group is Fortunato a member of and Montresor lies about being a member?
What is The Masons?
Montresor uses this phrase repeatedly to emphasize the false appearance of friendship, masking his true intentions.
What is "my friend"?
What era or period of writing was used in the early 1800's?
What is the Romantic Period?
This point of view relies heavily on reader response and interpretation.
AS Montresor and Fortunato descend deeper into the catacombs, Montresor describes this growing presence, foreshadowing Fortunato's fate.
What is the dampness or coldness?
What is Montresor's family's saying?
What is "No one provokes me with impunity"?
The image of this animal, found on Montresor's family crest, represents the idea of vengeance and the deadly consequences of betrayal.
What is the snake?