Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
Plot
Comprehension
Miscellaneous
100
to restrain with chains or shackles
What is fetter?
100
to approach and speak to in an aggressive, hostile manner
What is accost?
100
Montresor's attitude towards punishment
Who is punish with impunity?
100
That's what Amontillado really is.
What is dry sherry wine?
100
The place where Edgar Allan Poe got the idea for his story.
What is Fort Independence?
200
The end of something, limit or edge.
What is termination?
200
to become less agitated or active; lessen
What is subside?
200
One of the things Montresor did to prepare for the crime.
What is find a perfect place/let servants go?
200
The antagonist in the story
Who is Fortunado?
200
The type of narration the author uses in his story.
What is first person?
300
to lie dead or at rest
What is repose?
300
to beg; earnestly ask for
What is implore?
300
This is what Montresor asks Fortunato to do when Fortunato coughs.
What is to leave the vault?
300
The reason why Montresor is friendly with Fortunato.
What is to avoid suspicion?
300
Edgar Allan Poe was famous for his macabre short stories. That's what macabre means.
What is horror/death related?
400
characteristics of a person with mastery knowledge or skill
What is virtuoso?
400
determined before hand; fated
What is destined?
400
That's how Montresor kills Fortunato.
What is by fettering him to the wall and building another wall around him?
400
Montresor tells Fortunato, "And I [drink] to your long life!" The reason why it's ironic.
What is he knows Fortunato won't have a long life?
400
The year Edgar Allan Poe died in.
What is 1849?
500
to make impossible, especially by taking action in advance; prevent
What is preclude?
500
freedom from punishment, penalty or harm
What is impunity?
500
One reason why Montresor might have chosen to kill Fortunato during the carnival.
What is to have him drinking/to be able to have no servants around/to have much noise around/to have no one look for Fortunato immediately/to be unrecognized in costumes.
500
Name at least two things that Fortunato and Montresor had in common.
What is love for fine wine/being noblemen/being masons.
500
The profession of Poe's parents.
What is actor/actress?
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