Question

Select the choice which best identifies the given passage from "The Cask of Amontillado."

"I had told them that I should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well knew, to insure their immediate disappearance, one and all, as soon as my back was turned."
A Irony/sarcasm
B Setting
C Characterization
D Tragic resolution

Answer 1

B is wrong

Answer 2

I think it is C, because he is characterizing that his housekeepers are untrustworthy and don't follow orders. It could be irony, but I think it is more characterization.
Sources: I had to read this short story for my last unit.

Answer 3

Okay thank youu. I have more just like this, could you help?

Answer 4

Yeah, what are the others?

Answer 5

Select the choice which best identifies the given passage from "The Cask of Amontillado."

"You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat."

Characterization
Irony/sarcasm
Setting
Tragic resolution

Answer 6

It's characterization because he is talking about the nature of his soul which is basically his character.

Answer 7

Okay, Thats it thank you so muchh

Answer 8

Your welcome :)