The Catacombs of Vocab
Going Deeper Into Vocab
According to Montresor
Story Elements & Literary Devices
Random, Can't Forget About Random
100

to make impossible, especially by taking action in advance

What is preclude?

100

to leave/escape secretly

What is abscond?

100

Montresor wanted to punish Fortunato for this reason.

What is insulting Montresor?

100

This is the setting of The Cask of Amontillado.

What is an Italian city during carnival season?

What are the Montressor family catacombs?

100

This is the largest flightless bird in the world.

What is an ostrich?

200

death or destruction

What is immolation?

200

an opening, such as a hole or a gap

What is an aperture?

200

According to Montresor, this is how his revenge would fail.

What is him being overcome with retribution or Fortunato feeling no remorse.

200

Montresor's scheming of revenge and faigned kindness toward Fortunato is a part of this part of plot.

What is the rising action?

200

This is commonly ranked as the #1 Halloween candy.

What is Reese's Peanut Butter Cup?

300

*DAILY DOUBLE*

Use the following word correctly in a sentence:

abscond

*check responses

300

huge or very great in size

What is colossal?

300

The tasting of this drink is the main draw used by Montresor to lure Fortunato to his death.

What is Amontillado wine?

300

*TOTALLY TERRIFIC TRIPLE*

This is the resolution of the story.

What is the reader being left to believe that Fortunato died in the catacombs?

300

Halloween evolved from this ancient Irish Celtic festival.

What is Samhain?

400

freedom from punishment/penalty or harm

What is impunity?

400

a state of being at rest; to lie dead or at rest

What is repose?

400

Montresor uses this local wine connoisseur's name as bait for Fortunato.

Who is Luchesi?

400

This is the climax of the story.

What is Montresor building a wall to seal in Fortunato?

400

This island country in the Northern Atlantic Ocean continually ranks as the country with the least amount of crime in the world.

What is Iceland?

500

This is what Montresor plotted to enact upon Fortunato.

What is retribution?

500

Use the following word correctly in a sentence:

accost

*check responses

500

The mentioning of this by Montresor suggests that his crime has gone undiscovered.

What is Fortunato's burial spot being undisturbed for 50 years.

500

This is the inciting incident of The Cask of Amontillado.

What is Fortunato's insult directed toward Montresor?

500

*One question to rule them all...(quadruple points)*

The German confectionary company, Haribo, derives its name from this.

What is a combination of the founder's name, Hans Riegel, and the founding location of Bonn, Germany?