“The Cask of Amontillado” Quiz and Close Reading Bundle

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Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado.” Included are the following: a plot-based quiz, a worksheet composed of rigorous close reading questions, a craft analysis activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, a word search, a crossword puzzle, the public domain narrative, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats.  

By completing the quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• An accurate descriptor for the narrator’s state of mind
• Understanding what it means to “punish with impunity”
• Fortunato’s fondness for wine
• What Amontillado is
• Montresor’s premeditated scheme to lure Fortunato
• The cause of Fortunato’s coughing fits
• Montresor’s efforts to appear friendly despite his intent
• What can be found inside the catacombs
• The significance of a hand gesture
• The apprehension of Fortunato
• Fortunato’s disturbing fate

By completing the close reading analysis worksheet, students will:

• Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Analyze the nature of character relationships and interactions
• Examine grammatically correct structure
• Define complex words and phrases as they are used in the text
• Identify the best evidence of foreshadowing in a given passage
• Apply knowledge of various literary devices including verbal irony
• Make logical inferences about the protagonist’s mindset and motivations
• Identify relevant textual evidence in support of a claim or idea

By completing the craft analysis activity, students will perform the following task(s):

• Develop a greater understanding of how Edgar Allan Poe used descriptive language, characterization, setting, connotation, and various literary devices in “The Cask of Amontillado” to establish an eerie mood that is consistent with the horror and supernatural fiction genres.

Materials are available for teaching a variety of texts such as:

• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
• Feed by M.T. Anderson
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
• The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare