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Cask
Interlopers
Most Dangerous Game
Characters
Lit Terms
100
He wants to look at the Amontillado and determine if it is genuine.
What is Fortunato's motive for going into the catacombs?
100
They are hunting for each other.
Why are both men in the strip of woods?
100
Russia
Zaroff and Ivan are from which country?
100
Ivan
Who is Zaroff's big assistant who is eventually killed by a knife?
100
Hyperbole
In "The Most Dangerous Game," the text states, "He lived a year in a minute." What lit device?
200
No one attacks me and gets away with it.
What does Montresor's family motto, "No one attacks me with impunity," mean?
200
They are too civilized
Why do Georg and Ulrich hesitate to shoot each other?
200
They can reason
Zaroff enjoys hunting humans because?
200
Whitney
Who is Rainsford's companion at the beginning of the story?
200
Sound imagery
What sort of lit device is used in the rattling of Fortunato's chains, his screams, and the ringing of bells?
300
He escapes punishment.
Montresor believes revenge is only meaningful if...?
300
He is too proud to accept wine from his enemy
Why won't Georg share Ulrich's wine?
300
Richard Connell
Who wrote this story?
300
Sanger
What is Rainsford's first name?
300
Because bigger probs awaited him on Ship-Trap
Why is it ironic that Rainsford feels "safe from his enemy, the sea?"
400
Eerie/creepy/frightening, damp/dark/cold, catacombs, etc.
What is the mood of the setting, and how is it created?
400
They realize the fight is pointless and they feel sympathy for one another.
Why do Georg and Ulrich end the family feud?
400
He wants to prolong the "game" and mess with Rainsford.
Why does Zaroff leave Rainsford in the tree?
400
von Gradwitz
What is Ulrich's last name?
500
Fortunato's health
As they go down to the vaults, Montesor pretends his main concern is what?
500
At first, Rainsford does not value animal lives. At the end, he is able to put himself in their places and imagine what it is like to be hunted.
How does Rainsford's attitudes about hunting change from the beginning of the story to the end?
500
Luchesi
Who is the man in "The Cask of Amontillado" that Montresor first says he is going to ask about the wine?
500
Forced to confront/attack pursuers. He is forced to attack Zaroff after chasing
Explain Rainsford's metaphor, "I am a beast at bay."