The Masque of the Red Death

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

1. What is the Red Death? If you get it how long does it take to die?

2. How many people did Prince Prospero invite to his abbey?

1. 100
2. 1500
3. 1000
4. 1100

3. Why did these guests bring furnaces and massy hammers?

1. To close off all entrances, so no one could enter or leave.
2. To make new weapons for the guards
3. To make braziers that light the rooms for the masquerade
4. As a gift for Prince Prospero

4. In how many rooms was the masquerade held?

5. What color were the decorations of the seventh room?

1. blue
2. yellow
3. purple
4. black

6. What happened every sixty minutes?

1. The bell of a gigantic clock of ebony rang
2. The musicians of the orchestra paused their performance.
3. The guests stopped dancing.
4. All of the answers.

7. When did the masked figure arrive?

8. What did the outfit of the masked figure resemble?

1. A mockery of Prince Prospero
2. A victim of the Red Death.
3. A plague doctor
4. A raven

9. Prince Prospero used a weapon to attack the mummer. What was it?

20. What happened when the guests of Prince Prospero tried to seize the masked figure?

1. The masked figure killed all the guests.
2. The guests revealed a jealous lover of Prince Prospero.
3. The guests hung the masked figure from the battlements.
4. They discovered that there was no tangible form beneath the mask

Since Edgar Allen Poe wrote this in 1842, he uses archaic and outdated language. Find the modern versions for these words

Give me 2 of your favorite archaic words + "translation"

What is the significance of Prince Prospero’s name?

Which four words are used in the story to attribute human qualities (personification) to the clock?