Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Wednesday

 Today we have a quiz on Literary Terminology. 

We will then return to "The Cask of Amontillado".

Questions to Answer in Reading Journal

1. What has Fortunato done to the narrator, and what does the narrator swear there will be payback for?

2. What does the narrator feel he has to do?

3. When the narrator is smiling at Fortunato, what is he imagining?

4. What is Fortunato's weak point?

5. How is Fortunato dressed when the narrator meets up with him?

6. What does the narrator surprise Fortunato with and use to lure him back to his home?

7. Why isn't anyone at the narrator's house when he and Fortunato get there?

8. What does the narrator do to Fortunato?

9. Who finds out about what the narrator did to Fortunato? 

10. What is the narrator's name?

11. Fortunato belongs to the order of Masons; Montressor says he is a Mason too. What does he really mean.?

12.  The final sentence of the story is the Latin phrase which means “rest in peace.” Why is that ironic

13. Relate Montressor’s family motto, which translates to, “No one attacks me with impunity” (freedom from punishment), to the story

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