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The Cask of Amontillado

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  • What did the narrator do to Fortunato?
    He locked Fortunato behind a wall of bricks.
  • What is Amontillado?
    a type of Spanish wine
  • What was Fortunato dressed as?
    a motley or jester
  • What caused Fortunato's cough?
    Nitre - mineral in the vault
  • How many "injuries" (insults) did the narrator claim to have suffered at the hands of Fortunato?
    A thousand
  • Explain the irony behind Fortunato's statement that he would not die of his cough.
    He does in fact die of this.
  • What part of the narrator's house did he and Fortunato visit?
    The catacombs
  • Upon what did Fortunato pride himself?
    Being a connoisseur of wine
  • What is the narrator's name?
    Montresor
  • a celebration with lots of costumes, dancing, food and drink (celebrated in other countries such as Italy)
    carnival
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