In "Pit and Pendulum" How many candles are upon the table?
7
At the beginning, the “Red Death” is described as a… It is called ‘red’ because…
A ‘pestilence’ (virus) that has become a plague (pandemic) ; it is ‘red’ because of the bleeding it causes
[Pit and Pendulum] What is a ‘converso’??
A Jew who pretended to convert to Catholicism in Catholic Spain
In "The Cask of Amontillado", what secret society is Fortunato in?
The Freemasons
Why does Prince Prospero feel protected from the Red Death?
Because he is sealed in his castle, far from the people
In 'Hop Frog', why do the men dress up like Orangutans chained together?
The king’s friends want to scare the guests
In the "Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator says the eye that tortures him looks like the eye of which bird....
a vulture
[Black Cat] What superstition about black cats does his wife mention?
All black cats are witches in disguise
In 'Hop-Frog', what is Trippetta’s role in the king’s court?
dancer
In 'Black Cat', why did kids make fun of the narrator when he was a child?
For his ‘tenderness of heart’
Word for "a belief or way of behaving that is based on fear of the unknown and faith in magic or luck; a belief that certain events or things will bring good or bad luck."
Superstition
In 'Red Death', what is revealed about the stranger?
he has no body/face
[Black Cat] What 'disease' does the narrator suffer from?
Alcoholism
Mesmerism was an early form of....
hypnotism