The Cask of Amontillado Fact-Matching Game
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Scribe's Challenge
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Translator's Test
Read the foreign word and choose its English meaning.
Echo Chamber
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Whispering Spell
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Lexicon Links
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Memory Glyphs
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Rune Ravel
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Enchanter's Quest
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Temporal Tangle
Can you place the key events in the correct order?
Fact Fragments
Reconstruct the key facts from this lesson.
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About This Challenge
The Cask of Amontillado is a classic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that involves themes of revenge and betrayal. In our fact-matching game, players will piece together important information fragments just like the protagonist, Montresor, carefully plans his revenge against Fortunato.
- Players must uncover clues to unravel the mystery of who betrayed them.
- Use spells to gain hints and extra time to solve the puzzle.
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- 1. The story is set in an unnamed city during the carnival season.
- 2. The main characters are Montresor and Fortunato.
- 3. Montresor seeks revenge against Fortunato.
- 4. Fortunato is an expert in wines and prides himself on his connoisseurship.
- 5. Montresor lures Fortunato to his family catacombs under the pretense of tasting a rare wine.
- 6. The cask of Amontillado is a nonexistent wine invented by Montresor to deceive Fortunato.
- 7. Montresor claims to have received the Amontillado cask as a gift but wants Fortunato's expertise to confirm its authenticity.
- 8. The catacombs are dark, damp, and filled with human remains.
- 9. Montresor chains Fortunato to a wall in the catacombs.
- 10. Montresor bricks up the wall, trapping Fortunato inside.
- 11. Fortunato's pleas for mercy go unanswered.
- 12. Montresor remains calm and composed throughout the ordeal.
- 13. The story is told from Montresor's perspective, years after the events took place.
- 14. Montresor hints at the reasons for his revenge but does not explicitly state them.
- 15. The phrase "In pace requiescat" is engraved on Montresor's family coat of arms, meaning "May he rest in peace."
- 16. The story explores themes of revenge, betrayal, and the dark side of human nature.
- 17. The unreliable narrator adds to the ambiguity and suspense of the story.
- 18. The story is known for its atmosphere of dread and its use of irony.
- 19. The title, "The Cask of Amontillado," is a play on words, referring to both the wine and the cask in which Fortunato is buried alive.
- 20. "The Cask of Amontillado" is considered one of Edgar Allan Poe's finest and most popular short stories.