1.
At the beginning of the story, what is happening to the people in
the country?
a. They are upset because of money
b. They were having a masquerade ball
d. They were devastated by a pestilence
c. They were very tired
d. They were devastated by a pestilence
2.
The quote, “There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and
the profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution,” is describing:
a. the people at the party
b. the symptoms of the Red Death
b. the symptoms of the Red Death
c. Prince Prospero
d. the uninvited guest
3.
What did Prince Prospero do after half of his dominion
depopulated?
a. He called a state of emergency
b. He called over his court and locked them in the castellated
abbey
c. He had a mass funeral
d. He moved to another country
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
When did Prince Prospero have a big masquerade ball?
a. As soon as the pestilence began raging
b. Upon locking himself in
c. When everyone got better
d. Five or six months after being locked in
There were _____ apartments in Prospero’s castle.
a. 6
b. 2
c. 7
d. 8
What did people think of Prince Prospero?
a. He was kind-hearted
b. He cared about his dominion
c. He was eccentric
d. He conformed to the norms of society
What was unique about the Prince’s castle?
a. The walls were removable
b. He had a pool that fit 1,000 people
c. Each room had a colorful theme
d. There was a huge chandelier in each room
What does each apartment have?
a. a bed
b. a fireplace
c. a stained glass window
d. some form of entertainment
How was each apartment illuminated?
a. a brazier from the hallway
b. a huge chandelier in the center of the room
c. huge candles
d. light bulbs... duh!
10. What color is ebony?
a. white
b. black
c. grey
d. scarlet
11. What happens every hour?
a. everything ceases
b. nothing
c. everyone does a shot
d. they play hide-and-go-seek
b. He called over his court and locked them in
the castellated abbey
d. Five or six months after being locked in
c. 7
c. He was eccentric
c. Each room had a colorful theme
c. a stained glass window
a. a brazier from the hallway
b. black
a. everything ceases
12. Which quote describes the uninvited guest’s appearance?
a. “He had come like a thief in the night.”
b. “The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot
b. “The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded
in the habiliments of the grave.”
from head to foot in the habiliments of the
c. “... his brow reddened with rage.”
grave.”
d. “Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally
jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made.”
13. What does the uninvited guest’s costume meant to symbolize?
a. Prince Prospero’s cowardice
b. The Red Death
c. A fun party
d. all of the above
14. In what room did the stranger first appear?
a. White
b. Black
c. Blue
d. Orange
15. How does Prince Prospero react to the stranger?
a. He welcomes him
b. He is shocked and upset
c. He feels guilty
d. He introduces himself
b. The Red Death
c. Blue
b. He is shocked and upset
16. Why did Prince Prospero tell his courtiers to “seize and unmask”
the stranger?
a. He couldn’t figure out his costume
b. He wanted to prove how powerful he was
c. He wants to see who he’s going to hang
c. He wants to see who he’s going to hang
d. He had banned masks at his party
17. Why does Prospero go after the stranger?
a. To kill him
b. To give him a drink
c. To talk to him
d. To ask about his costume
18. What does Prospero pull out in the 6th room?
a. a noose
b. a machete
c. a dagger
d. a sword
19. What do the seven rooms symbolize?
a. stages of life/death
b. Prospero’s love of the bizarre
c. The Red Death
d. The various costumes
20. At what hour did the uninvited guest arrive?
a. noon
b. midnight
c. 8pm
d. 10pm
21. The castle was “well-provisioned.” What are provisions?
a. costumes
b. necessities
c. musicians
d. welded doors
22. The word illimitable means:
a. very small
b. very big
c. a lot of limits
d. no limits
a. To kill him
c. a dagger
a. stages of life/death
b. midnight
b. necessities
d. no limits
23. A sickness that can kill you is:
a. a sagacious
b. a habiliment
c. a pestilence
d. a revel
24. Which word is a synonym for wise, clever and intelligent?
a. habiliment
b. revel
c. hearken
d. sagacious
25. Which of the two parts of speech can the word revel be? (mark
both)
a. adjective
b. adverb
c. noun
d. verb
26. When you hearken, what are you doing?
a. praying
b. listening attentively
c. screaming
d. working hard
c. a pestilence
d. sagacious
c. noun
d. verb
b. listening attentively
27. A person, animal, thing, event, or idea that represents something
in addition to itself is called a:
a. setting
b. plot
c. symbol
c. symbol
d. foreshadow
28. Why did Poe use a masquerade ball in the story?
a. because he loved to party
b. his wife loved to wear masks
c. to show that you can’t hide from death
d. because the Prince was a party animal
29. The Red Death was a fictional plague that Poe created. It was
based on:
a. Bubonic Plague
b. Yellow Fever
c. Tuberculosis
d. all of the above
c. to show that you can’t hide from death
d. all of the above
30. Which of the following suggested that the revelers would not live
long?
a. the white room
b. the locked gates
d. the ebony clock
c. the dagger
d. the ebony clock
31. In the following passage, what is the most likely meaning of
voluptuous?
“It was a voluptuous scene, that masquerade. But first let me tell
of the rooms in which it was held. There were seven—an
imperial suite.”
d. luxurious
a. terrifying
b. ordinary
c. unusual
d. luxurious
32. What is foreshadowed when Prospero’s “brow reddened with
rage” at the sight of the uninvited guest?
a. how destructive Prospero’s anger is
b. the red light from the window
c. his death from the Red Death
d. the ghetto-ness of party crashers
c. his death from the Red Death
33. Why does Prince Prospero fall in the western chamber?
a. he was tired of chasing the uninvited guest
b. he dies of the Red Death
c. he passed out from too much alcohol
d. he gave up
34. Which sentence contains both an adjective and an adverb?
a. Courtiers firmly sealed the gates leading into the abbey.
b. During the fifth or sixth month, the prince hosted a masked
ball.
c. Vivid colors filled every room except the seventh, which was
ghastly.
d. The seventh room was closely shrouded in black velvet
tapestries.
35. Prospero was a prince that was dedicated to his people. True or
false?
36. Prospero was not afraid of anything or anybody. True or false?
37. Tenanted means occupied. True or false?
38. The clock’s chime was beautiful so everyone stopped to listen.
True or false?
39. The courtiers attack the uninvited guest when Prospero
commands them to “seize him and unmask him.” True or false?
40. Room 7 contained ruddy-colored panes. True or false?
b. he dies of the Red Death
d. The seventh room was closely shrouded in
black velvet tapestries.
False, he should have stayed outside and tried to
find ways to fight Red Death.
False, he did fear Red Death.
True.
False, the chime was a reminder of Time and its
movement toward death.
False, everyone one was afraid, even Prince
Prospero at first.
True, "ruddy" means reddish.