1 . When Montresor is thinking about Fortunado’s “immolation”, what is he thinking about?
2 . What –according to Montresor– was the reason that Fortunado was “warm” in his greeting to Montresor on the festival eve?
3 . How does Montresor convince Fortundao to leave the festival and follow him home?
4 . Where are the attendants?
5 . What did Montresor do to be sure that his servants would not be home?
6 . What does this imply about Montresor’s general way of dealing with people?
7 . What is the point of mentioning Luchesi after suggesting that Fortunado should go home to protect his health?
8 . To whom does Fortunado toast his drink?
9 . Describe Montresor’s family’s “Coat of arms”.
10 . What did Fortunado mean when he asked Montresor if he was “of the Brotherhood”?
11 . Why did Montresor say he was a mason?
12 . What “sign” did Montresor produce to show that he was a mason?
13 . What did Montresor do to Fortunado when the reached the end of the catacombs?
14 . How did Montresor know that Fortunado was no longer drunk?
15 . What did Montresor do when he heard “furious vibrations” from within the niche?
16 . What did Montresor do when he heard “loud and shrill screams” from within the niche?
17 . In what way does Fortunado try to suggest to Montresor a way to stop the revenge and pretend it didn’t happen?
18 . What is ironic about Montresor’s repeating Fortunado last sentence?
19 . What does Montresor say causes his heart to grow sick?
20 . How long ago did this occur?
Websites that will help :
http://www.poenightmares.com/Cask.htm
http://home.earthlink.net/~betsybaze2/id21.html
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I linked a text version of Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” which has popups that define some of the unfamiliar words such as immolation, which means killed as a sacrifice.
After you read it, I think you will be able to answer most of these questions yourself, but if there are questions you still can’t answer after giving it a good try, please let me know what they are by their numbers in an edit at the end of your question and I will do what I can to help.