The Cask of Amontillado
Directions: Please answer the questions below on a separate sheet of paper. You must answer in
complete sentences.
1. Do you think Montresor should have killed Fortunato?
2.
What do you think Fortunato
3.' Do you think Montresor's
Why or why not?
might have done to make Montresor
crime will ever be discovered?
want such a diabolical revenge?
Why or why not?
Literary Term Questions:
1.
How does not knowing what Fortunato did to Montressor
2.
Explain how Montressors
3.
How does Montressor
intensify the horror of this story?
family motto is related to the story? To the actions of Montressor?
manipulate
Fortunato?
What CHARACTERTRAITS make Fortunato easy
prey for Montressor?
4.
CHARACTERIZEMontressor.
What kind of person is he?
5.
Contrast the setting in the beginning of the story with the setting where Montressor
takes
Fortunato.
6.
What is the setting?
What details of the setting contribute
to the horror of this story?
7.
What might Fortunato's
8.
Why might Fortunato's
9.
Explain the MOOD of this story.
10.
Who is the PROTAGONIST of this story? Justify your answer.
11.
Who is the ANTAGONIST of this story? Defend your answer (What is the conflict the antagonist
name mean?
name be IRONIC?
has created for the protagonist).
12.
Would the story be better or worse if you knew what Fortunato did to Montressor?
13.
Who is the narrator of this story? What kind of narrator is he?
14.
Explain a symbol in the story.
15.
In your opinion, did Montresor
have handled this situation?
16.
have to kill Fortunato?
Explain.
Is there any other way Montresor
could
Explain.
Compare and contrast Poe's style in the "Cask of Amontillado"
Heart" and his style from "Annabel Lee."
to his style from "The Tell-Tale