Masque of the Red Death TDQs

A. Conflict

B. Death

C. Enemy

D. Pandemic

A. A civil war is present within the social classes of a country.

B. A deadly infectious disease is wreaking havoc in a country.

C. All of the people in the country are selfish and motivated by greed.

D. A band of marauders has been terrorizing a country for a long time.

A. Desperation

B. Frustration

C. Hysteria

D. Sorrowful

A. “No pestilence had ever been so fatal”

B. “profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution”

C. "Shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow‐men” 

D. “the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half 

an hour”

A. The hyperbole in the amount of time the disease took to kill everyone emphasizes its severity.

B. The foreshadowing reveals how quickly the disease spread through and killed those present at the party.

C. The simile highlights how uncontrollable the party-goers emotions are knowing they face certain death.

D. The allusion to the movie Avatar shows how the disease was able to travel within a person’s body to make death swift and unavoidable.

A. He believes that his royal status exempts him from the risk of infection.

B. He desires only to boost the morale of his people during such tumultuous times by hosting a party.

C. He wishes to seize the moment and enjoy the remaining days he has left before his inevitable death. 

D. He is not concerned with the sickness or welfare of those low-class individuals beyond his walls. 

A. “The external world could take care of itself.”

B. “But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious.” 

C. “he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light‐hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court”

D. “There were buffoons, there were improvisatori, there were ballet‐dancers, there were musicians, there was Beauty, there was wine.”

A. imperative

B. irresponsible

C. pointless

D. uncompassionate

A. The courtiers have no desire to ever reconnect with the outside world and wish to build a new society in complete isolation.

B. The courtiers believe that the plague will never make it into the abbey, and in their arrogance they leave no options for escape.

C. The courtiers’ decision to allow people to leave the abbey but never to re-enter shows that they value collective security over individual freedom.

D. The courtiers take advantage of the rule that all homes be locked up in times of plague because it gives them an excuse to ignore the people’s suffering.

A. It portrays the message that life continues despite adversity.

B. It conveys the confusion caused by the epidemic plaguing the people.

C. It symbolizes the segregation present among the class system of people.

D. It emphasizes the importance of unity and compassion during such unknown circumstances.

A. The personification emphasizes the clock’s sinister and eerie chime every hour.

B. By analogizing the clock to the musicians, the author conveys the appreciation the guests have for the clock’s sound.

C. The imagery of the clock being housed in the black apartment with scarlet stained windows, portrays the idea that time stops in the face of distress.

D. By comparing the pendulum of the clock to the dancers waltzing, the author characterizes the steadiness that exists within the party regardless of the turmoil outside the walls.

A. It highlights the fact that the disease tends to creep in when someone least expects it.

B. It further emphasizes the immediate doom facing the individuals in the text.

C. It demonstrates the dark and dangerous fate that will soon consume the individuals at the party.

D. It contrasts the character’s disregard for the rules of isolation and their desire to make the most of the time they are given.

A. The arrogance of the guests astounded the masked figure.

B. The masked figure conveys a tone of sympathy for the others in the text.

C. The party was a joyous occasion, but very quickly then shifted to one of dread.

D. The party-goers were anguished over the knowledge they would inevitably die this night.

A. The intruder has no physical form and therefore cannot be restrained, which makes it similar to death and disease.

B. The phrase conveys the extreme violence with which the revelers handle the intruder, who is seemingly left without a body.

C. The intruder’s body consists of disease-ridden vapors, which the Prince and other revelers unwittingly release by attacking it.

D. The intruder is able to vanish when it is attacked, which implies that it comes from another world, possibly the land of the dead.

A. the manner in which the plague targeted individuals at the party

B. the disdain the guests had for the unsettling arrival of the masked intruder

C. the stealthy manner in which the masked figure had suddenly appeared at the party

D. the desire the masked invader had to punish the wealthy that had excluded the poor from safety