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“The Cask of Amontillado” Open Book Scavenger Hunt
_________________ 1. The number of Fortunato’s injuries the narrator says he has borne
_________________ 2. What is the last straw? Why the narrator vows revenge
_________________ 3. Fortunato prides himself in “connoisseurship of ________”
_________/________ 4. In these two areas, Fortunato is a “quack”
_________________ 5. The narrator, like Fortunato, collects “Italian __________”
_________________ 6. The “carnival season” occurs before Lent; it is like the ______ _____ in New Orleans
_________________ 7. Fortunato is very friendly and happy; it is clear he has been __________.
_________________ 8. Fortunato wears costume; he “wore _______;” ie., he is dressed like a jester
_________/________ 9. The narrator says he has received a _______ of _________, but he has his “doubts.”
_________________10. The narrator is going to ask this man about the quality of his wine purchase
_________________11. The narrator pretends to worry about Fortunato’s health; the vaults are cold and damp;
“They are incrusted with ________.”
_________________12. The number of servants, “attendants” who are at the narrator’s house that night
_________________13. The narrator pretends to worry about Fortunato’s ______; Fortunato says it is nothing
_________________14. This drink will “defend us from the damps”
_________________15. Fortunato drinks to this
_________________16. Ironically, the narrator drinks to this
__________/______17. The Montresor coat of arms has a huge golden ______ crushing a ______
____________________________18. The Montresor family motto (No one attacks without impunity.)
_________________19. Intermingling with the wine and beer casks are “walls of piled ________.”
_________________20. Fortunato gives a sign to show he is a member of this secret organization
_________________21. The tool Montresor produces from his cloak (a pun on the secret society)
_________________22. The dimensions of the recessed area at the end of the crypt
_________________23. The type of rock that holds the two iron staples
_________/_______24. The two items attached to the iron staples
_________/_______25. The two items Montresor uses to construct a wall a “the entrance of the niche”
_________________26. Montresor takes a break from building the wall & sits on these to enjoy his satisfaction
of listening to Fortunato trying to free himself with “furious vibrations of the chain”
_________________27. The weapon Montresor unsheathes when he hears the screams
_________________28. The number of tiers Montresor lays before the final stone is to be placed
_________________29. When Fortunato realizes this is not a joke, he calls out, “For the love of _____!”
_________________30. Latin phrase for “R.I.P.”
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“The Cask of Amontillado” Open Book Scavenger Hunt
_______1,000______ 1. The number of Fortunato’s injuries the narrator says he has borne
_______insult______ 2. What is the last straw? (Why the narrator vows revenge)
_______wine______ 3. Fortunato prides himself in “connoisseurship of ________”
_painting/gemmary_ 4. In these two areas, Fortunato is a “quack”
_____vintages_____ 5. The narrator, like Fortunato, collects “Italian __________”
____Mardi Gras___ 6. The “carnival season” occurs before Lent; it is like the ______ _____ in New Orleans
_____drinking_____ 7. Fortunato is very friendly and happy; it is clear he has been __________.
_____motley______ 8. Fortunato wears costume; he “wore _______;” ie., he is dressed like a jester
_pipe/Amontillado_ 9. The narrator says he has received a _______ of _________, but he has his “doubts.”
____Luchesi______10. The narrator is going to ask this man about the quality of his wine purchase
______niter_______11. The narrator pretends to worry about Fortunato’s health; the vaults are cold and damp;
“They are incrusted with ________.”
_______0_________12. The number of servants, “attendants” who are at the narrator’s house that night
______cough______13. The narrator pretends to worry about Fortunato’s ______; Fortunato says it is nothing
______Medoc_____14. This drink will “defend us from the damps”
__buried bodies___15. Fortunato drinks to this
Fortunato’s long life_16. Ironically, the narrator drinks to this
__foot__/_serpent_17. The Montresor coat of arms has a huge golden ______ crushing a ______
_“Nemo me impune lacessit”_18. The Montresor family motto (No one attacks without impunity.)
______bones______19. Intermingling with the wine and beer casks are “walls of piled ________.”
_______masons____20. Fortunato gives a sign to show he is a member of this secret organization
______trowel_____21. The tool Montresor produces from his cloak (a pun on the secret society)
___4’ x 3’ x 6-7’___22. The dimensions of the recessed area at the end of the crypt
______granite_____23. The type of rock that holds the two iron staples
__chain_/_padlock_24. The two items attached to the iron staples
___stone_/_mortar_25. The two items Montresor uses to construct a wall a “the entrance of the niche”
______bones______26. Montresor takes a break from building the wall & sits on these to enjoy his satisfaction
of listening to Fortunato trying to free himself with “furious vibrations of the chain”
__rapier (sword)__27. The weapon Montresor unsheathes when he hears the screams
________11_______28. The number of tiers Montresor lays before the final stone is to be placed
_______God_______29. When Fortunato realizes this is not a joke, he calls out, “For the love of _____!”
_In pace requiescat_30. Latin phrase for “R.I.P.”