THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO By Edgar Allan Poe Student Name ______________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS: Print all of your answers on the

lined answer sheet. [1] The narrator [Montresor] says that he had finally had enough injuries by Fortunato, but when he 'ventured upon insult I vowed -----.' [2] The narrator [Montresor] reveals that his listener has considerable knowledge about 'the nature of my -----.' [3] The narrator [Montresor] is determined to 'punish [Fortunato] with -----.' [4] When the narrator [Montresor] smiled it was 'at the thought of his [Fortunato's] -----.' [5] Fortunato 'prided himself on his connisseurship in -----.' [6] On the subjects of 'painting and gemmery, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a -----.' [7] During which 'season' did the narrator [Montresor] encounter his 'friend'? [8] Fortunato 'had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells.' 'The man wore -----.' [9] Montresor tempts Fortunato with a 'pipe' of [this wine]. [10] Montresor, the narrator, tricks Fortunato by playing his ego. He says that since he is busy he will seek to opinion about the Amontillado from [this man]. [11] Montresor pretends to be concerned about Fortunato's health. He says, 'The vaults are insufferably damp. They are encrusted with -----.' [12] The word Fortunato uses for the two lighted torches is -----. [13] The pathetic image of the weak and drunken Fortunato is reflected in his eyes. 'The gait of my friend was unsteady. . . . He turned towards me, and looked into my eyes with two filmy -----.' [14] There is irony in the statement made by Fortunato when he says: 'I shall not ----- of a cough.' [15] The coat-of-arms of the Montresor's was 'A huge human -----, in a field of Azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.' [16] The image of the niter is expressed in the simile: 'It hangs like ----- upon the vaults.' [17] What is the tool that Montresor produces, that shows he is of the 'brotherhood' known as the masons? [18] The walls of the crypt at the end 'had been lined with human -----, piled to the vault overhead. . . .'

[19] The back of an interior crypt had 'circumscribing walls of solid -----.' [20] After Fortunato enters the interior crypt, Montresor says: 'A moment more and I ----him to the granite.' [21] Montresor wastes no time in starting to entomb Fortunato. He quickly 'uncovered a quantity of building stone and -----.' [22] Montresor first realizes that Fortunato's wine-drugged state is wearing off when he hears a 'low moaning ----- from the depth of the recess.' [23] The 'loud and shrill screams' of the entombed Fortunato so scared Montresor that he unsheathed his -----, groping 'with it about the recess. . . .' [24] Montresor noticed that the 'time was now -----, and my task was drawing to a close.' [25] Quote exactly, Fortunato's [last words].