"A cask of Amontillado" Vocab/Review

Question 1

impunity

Answer 1

freedom from punishment or harm

Question 2

preclude

Answer 2

prevent or make impossible beforehand

Question 3

retribution

Answer 3

punishment

Question 4

avenger

Answer 4

one who gets back at someone for a wrongdoing

Question 5

immolation

Answer 5

death or destruction

Question 6

connoisseurship

Answer 6

expert judgement in matters involving taste and appreciation

Question 7

virtuoso

Answer 7

one skilled in the fine arts

Question 8

motley

Answer 8

colorful jester’s costume

Question 9

pipe

Answer 9

large cask usually for wine or oil

Question 10

amontillado

Answer 10

pale, medium-dry sherry

Question 11

niter

Answer 11

potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate

Question 12

roquelaure

Answer 12

knee length cloak

Question 13

palazzo

Answer 13

palace

Question 14

sconces

Answer 14

candlesticks holders mounted on walls

Question 15

afflict

Answer 15

distress or trouble so severely as to cause suffering

Question 16

puncheons

Answer 16

large barrels

Question 17

masons

Answer 17

free masons, members of an international secret society; also, skilled workers who build with stone, brick, or cement

Question 18

grotesque

Answer 18

bizarre; absurdly awkward

Question 19

aperature

Answer 19

hole; gap; opening

Question 20

redressor

Answer 20

remedy or set right

Question 21

what motivation motivates Montresor to seek revenge against Fortunato?

Answer 21

pride

Question 22

During what event or season does the story take place?

Answer 22

carnival

Question 23

How does Montresor get Fortunato to follow him?

Answer 23

He tells Fortunato he has an amontillado to taste

Question 24

What is ironic about Montresor’s repeated concern’s about Fortunato’s cough ?

Answer 24

Montresor actually is trying to kill him