Category #1
This is Montresor's main motive for seeking revenge against Fortunato.
What is a "thousand injuries" or the final insult?
This is the name of the Sherry wine Montresor tells Fortunato that he has purchased.
What is Amontillado?
This is what Fortunato does to prove he is a member of the Brotherhood of Freemasons.
What is to make a grotesque, secret gesture?
This is Montresor's response to Fortunato's final plea.
What is "Yes, for the love of God!"?
This is the relationship between Fortunato and Montresor.
What is friends?
What is a carnival?
What is the family catacombs?
A "sign" of the masons that Montresor shows Fortunato in return.
What is a trowel?
Montresor says his heart grew sick because of this reason.
What is the dampness of the catacombs?
This is the antagonist in The Cask of Amontillado.
Who is Fortunato? (He is the target of Montresor's revenge and the source of conflict.)
This is Fortunato's weak point according to Montresor.
What is his pride in his connoisseurship of wine?
This is the motto translation on the Montresor family coat of arms.
What is Nemo me impune lacessit ( no one attacks me without consequences)?
These physical conditions of the catacombs affect Fortunato.
What is lined with nitre (potassium nitrate)?
This is how long it has been since the events of the story took place as Montresor is narrating them.
What is fifty years?
These are words Montresor uses to describe Fortunato.
What is "rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy"?
This is the costume Fortunato wears when Montresor meets him.
What is a motley (jester) outfit?
This is the visual image on the Montresor coat of arms?
What is a human foot d'or, crushing a serpent whose fangs are embedded in the heel?
The way Montresor kills Fortunato.
What is Montresor walls him up alive in a small recess?
This is the final Latin phrase in the story, "In pace requiescat."
What is May he rest in peace?
This person is the protagonist in The Cask of Amontillado.
Who is Montresor? (He meticulously plans and executes the cold-blooded murder of Fortunato to avenge unspecified insults.)
What is he tells them he will be gone until morning, and forbids them from stirring in the house?
This is the reason Montresor repeatedly mentions Luchesi to Fortunato.
What is to play on Fortunato's vanity and competitive nature?
These are the last words Fortunato says before he dies.
What is "For the love of God, Montresor!"?
This is the description of what Fortunato wears.
What is a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells?
This is the outfit Montresor wears.
What is a mask of black silk and cloak?