“The Cask of Amontillado”
By Edgar Allen Poe
Guided Notes
Author Notes
1. Author’s Name:
2. Born: Died:
3. Edgar Allen Poe is the ______of The “Cask of Amontillado”, but he is not the ______.
4. He is known as the father of ______.
5. Poe married his first______, Virginia who later died of Tuberculosis.
6. Poe’s stories deal with ______, ______, and cannibalism.
Pre Reading Notes
7. Amontillado is ______which is a dry white ______.
8. ______is a wooden container used to store ______.
9. Niter is rock ______.
10. A trowel is a hand tool used by brick ______.
11. A carnival is a celebration before people began ______40 days before Easter.
12. Carnival is a time of excessive ______.
13. Catacombs are the cities of the ______that lie beneath the ______.
14. Why were people buried in the catacombs?
15. The wealthy buried their dead relatives in the catacombs beneath their ______.
16. The narrator lures ______into his catacomb beneath his ______(mansion) to sample a ______Amontillado.
17. Wine was often stored in catacombs because the temperatures constantly stay ______year round.
18. Masonry has ______meanings.
19. Masonry can mean a member of the Freemasons which is a secret ______, or
it can mean one whose occupation is to build with brick or ______.
Story
20. Setting: The story is told during ______.
21. The narrator plans for his ______to take place in the ______.
22. Narrator: ______; First person; unreliable
23. Recounts the story ______years later.
24. Montressor: Sinister; Deranged; seeks ______on Fortunato
25. Montressor’s Family arms: a huge foot crushes a ______.
26. Montressor’s Family Motto is:
27. Fortunato: A ______connoisseur
28. His name suggests good ______or luck.
29. Dressed up as a ______for carnival.