Setting
Cask Trivia
Put 'Em Together
The Peanut Gallery
100

This is the town you are currently in.

Fall Creek

100

He is the unfortunate victim of horrible murder, and a lover of vintage wine, in a drunken stupor for the majority of the story.

Fortunato

100

This is the country the story took place in.

Italy or France

100

You are about 1 cm taller in the morning than you are when you go to bed because the cartilage in your spine compresses throughout the day. Due to that fact, how many books has Mrs. Kampa read this year?

51

200

These are the TWO most common elements in setting

Time and Place

200

Fortunato's very name (lucky, blessed, fortunate) is an example of this this kind of irony because his fate is terribly unfortunate.

Situational Irony

200

This shared interest Fortunato and Montresor have creates the setting, and trap, for the rest of the story.

Wine tasting or wine connoisseurship

200

This is the number of EXTERNAL Person vs. conflicts. 

5

300

True or False: The social environment setting involves geographical locations and architectural details.

FALSE!

Social setting involves cultural, political, or social conditions.

300

The name of the vengeful narrator of the story, who orchestrates a perfect murder.

Montresor

300

This is the place where Montresor keeps other human remains, along with his vintage wines.

The catacombs

300

This term used on a plot diagram is the MAJORITY of the story.

Rising Action

400

"The sky was grey and foreboding. Something in ME told me to turn away from this dreadful place".


This is an example of what category of setting?

Emotional or Psychological Setting

400

The name of the man used to ragebait Fortunado into going deeper into the wine cellar of the narrator. 

Luchesi

400

This white powdery substance coats the ceiling and walls of the "wine cellar".

Nitre (NY-tur)

400

This is the term for the epilogue (after the conclusion) of a story in our plot diagrams.

Denouement

500

What is the difference between setting and conflict?

Setting is the when and where of the story

Conflict is the central problem of the story

500

This is the society Fortunato belonged to.

The Masons

500

How does the setting of the story reflect Montresor's emotions for Fortunato?

Write ONE well thought sentence.

The dark, damp, and gloomy catacombs symbolize his hatred, anger, and desire for revenge against Fortunato.

500

This is the number of short stories we have read in English 9.

6