Question: Who is the author of “The Cask of Amontillado”?

Answer: Edgar Allen Poe

Question: What is the setting of the “The Cask of Amontillado”?

Answer: Venice, Italy - during carnival season

Question: What is the conflict in the “The Cask of Amontillado”?

Answer: Montresor wants revenge on Fortunato for insulting him.

Question: Who are the characters in “The Cask of Amontillado”?

Answer: Montresor

Fortunato

Question: What is the theme of “The Cask of Amontillado”?

Answer: Be careful what you say; revenge

Question: What is the resolution of the “The Cask of Amontillado?

Answer: Montresor kills Fortunato

Question: What are Montresor & Fortunato connoisseurs of?

Answer: wine

Question: Why is Montresor seeking revenge on Montresor?

Answer: Fortunato almost insults him

Question: Where does Montresor meet up with Fortunato?

Answer: the carnival

Question: What is the mood of the story?

Answer: dark, ominous, foreboding