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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe story is told from which point of view?Third-person-limited view of a member of the French armyOmniscient view of the authorThird-person view of the inquisitorFirst-person view of the prisoner
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat might explain how the candles seem to change shape from “slender angels” to “meaningless spectres”?The candles are magical and can change shape.The narrator is hallucinating.Inquisitors have changed the candles.The candles are imaginary.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhen he comes to after fainting, what does the narrator remember?Shadowy figures carrying him to a strange damp placeHis childhood and his parentsHis wife and children back homeHis previous stay in the dungeon
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe narrator is afraid that he will find himself in a tomb because he —fears that he will be taken from the tomb and torturedfears that he has been buried alivehas always been afraid of tombssuspects the tomb will plunge into a bottomless pit
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat fate does the narrator think awaits him?StarvationThe torture of his familyPublic executionMany months in the dungeon
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhen the narrator is sentenced to die, the authorities provide him with food because they —feel very sorry for himleft the food there by mistakeplan more punishments before he diesalways feed their prisoners until the end
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe prisoner frees himself when he —waits until the pendulum cuts the bonds and quickly rolls out of the wayscreams and screams until they release himpays a great deal of money and is releasedsmears meat on the bonds that hold him, and the rats chew through them
- 8. Multiple ChoiceAt the end of the story, the —narrator plunges to his death in the pitnarrator is saved from the pit by a French generalinquisitors release him because he is really innocentprison burns, and in the turmoil the prisoner is able to escape
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe mood of this story is best described as —neutralromanticterrifyingconfusing
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe judges at the start of the story werehis neighborshis family memberstrying to help himmonks
- 11. Multiple Choice
Where is the story set?
Toledo, Spain
Paris, France
Rome, Italy
Chicago, Illinois
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Poe's tone in the story?Serious and boringHappy and JoyfullHumorous and lightDark, Serious, and Urgent
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the mood of the story?
Nervewracking and stressful
Suspenseful, mysterious, and horrifying
Optimistic and hopeful
Fun and lively
- 14. Multiple Choice
What did he see on the ceiling?
stone
an animal
time
darkness
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was the pendulum?
the painting on the ceiling
a scythe
the noise that was heard
the clock near him
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a feature of the prison cell in which story is set?
A circular pit
Barred windows
Stone mansory and metal plates
paintings of demons, skeletons, and other frightening figures
- 17. Multiple Choice
What were the walls made out of?
concrete
iron
brick
wood
- 18. Multiple Choice
What happened to the walls?
they heated up
the soldiers broke them down
they expanded
nothing
- 19. Multiple Choice
How does Poe create suspense in this excerpt?
by describing the narrator's distress as he tries to figure out where he is
by having the narrator reach out and touch something unidentified
by indicating that a long time has passed since the narrator was sentenced
by suggesting that the narrator is reacting with an unrealistic degree of panic
- 20. Multiple Choice
Where was the pendulum positioned?
Over the narrator's throat
Over the narrator's heart
Over the narrator's stomach
Over the narrator's legs
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