Read the following passage from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" and answer the question that follows.   "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled—but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong."Which type of conflict is present in this passage? Character versus supernatural Character versus self Character versus society Character versus character

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled -- but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunato cause to doubt my good will. I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.2Select the correct answer.Which plot technique is used in this excerpt from “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe? A. simile B. symbolism C. flashback D. foreshadowing

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge" Based on this quote alone, it is clear that the story is being told from which point of view?*First Person point of viewThird Person LimitedThird person omniscientSecond person

ead this passage from "The Black Cat":One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; hung it with the tears streaming from my eyes, and with the bitterest remorse at my heart; hung it because I knew that it had loved me, and because I felt it had given me no reason of offence; hung it because I knew that in so doing I was committing a sin a deadly sin that would so jeopardize my immortal soul as to place it if such a thing were possible even beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the Most Merciful and Most Terrible God.What technique does the author use in this passage in order to call attention to the importance of the event?A.A metaphor to show the narrator's remorseB.A flashback to a previous, similar eventC.Use of the phrase "Most Terrible God"D.Repetition of the phrase "hung it"

It was just at the time of the terrible earthquake at Avezzano, the repercussions of which we felt even at Chateau d'Oex.Source: An AutobiographyIn this sentence, repercussions means:movements back from an impactstrong flames that burn brightlyviolently moving streams of waterfinancial or economic penalties›Note: 1 word in this list is not learnable.Round 4:78910Currently PlayingPractice: Shigene's List 2 Return to List Start Over

Question 5 of 10Read this passage from Dostoyevsky's novella Notes from the Underground:But do you know, gentlemen, what was the chief point about my spite? Why, the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen, I was inwardly conscious with shame that I was not only not a spiteful but not even an embittered man, that I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it.In what way is the narrator most clearly a monster?A.He is ashamed, even though he has no reason to be.B.He gives advice, even when not asked for it.C.He is straightforward about his spite.D.He is intentionally cruel for no reason.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS