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| Which of the following plot elements came first in the plot of "The Wager?" |
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| B. The banker realizes the bet is senseless. |
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| In "The Wager," once the wager has been made, protagonist and antagonist are in conflict. |
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| The title of the story is the reader's first clue about the subject of the plot. |
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| Which of the following plot elements came first in the plot of "The Wager?" |
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| C. The jurist attends a party given by the banker. |
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| In "The Wager," the climax comes when the jurist who is confined, begins to ask for musical instruments and tobacco. |
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| In "The Wager," the potential for conflict at the beginning of this story occurs because, although no wager has been made, the protagonist and antagonist do not agree on how devastating solitary confinement would be. |
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| In "The Wager," the young jurist said he would prefer life imprisonment to the death penalty. |
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| In "The Wager," the story becomes more complicated because the jurist begins screaming to get out of his confinement. |
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| Which of the following plot elements came first in the plot of "The Wager?" |
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| C. The banker bets the jurist that he would not be able to remain in solitary confinement for even five years. |
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| In "The Wager," the banker still recalls a party over fifteen years ago vividly because, at that point, he allowed himself to be cloistered (shut up in solitary) for fifteen years. |
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Choose the most vivid (i.e. the most specific) verb to complete this sentence:
The boys began _________ each other as soon as they got out of school. |
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The school principal _________ his secretary and the counselors. |
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I tried to _________ my parents the humiliation of having a son that was failing math; so I studied much harder |
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Our plan began to _________ as soon as our parents found out about it. |
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After the garbage man _________ garbage all over our front yard, I began putting my garbage out in the back alley. |
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Sometimes I feel that I can _________ my parents about anything. |
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Mary was _________ from her horse because he didn't make it over the jump! |
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As it _________ around the track, the horse was obviously not going to win the race. |
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The four of them always _________ every party that the governor gives. |
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Christians believe that angels _________ to heaven. |
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| Which of the following is the theme of "The Cask of Amontillado"? |
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| In "The Cask of Amontillado," as soon as the narrator sees Fortunato, he tells him that he has received "a pipe for what passes for Amontillado, and I have my doubts". Who does the narrator suggest that he is going to see to find out if the wine is genuine? |
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| At the end of the story, the reader discovers that "The Cask of Amontillado" is... |
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| In "The Cask of Amontillado," how many injuries has the narrator 'permitted' from Fortunato? |
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| In "The Cask of Amontillado," how many tiers of stone did Montresor have to lay in order to wall Fortunato up in the cave? |
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| In "The Cask of Amontillado," what does Montresor do to Fortunato that prevents him from escaping while Montresor carried out his plan? |
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| B. chains him to the wall |
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| Choose the best term to define...(moving backward as if in horror) |
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| In "The Cask of Amontillado," verbal irony occurs when a character says one thing and means another. Which of the following is an example of VERBAL IRONY that occurs in the story? |
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| C. Montresor's words to Fortunato are kind, but his intentions are cruel. |
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