1. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A How do the setting and events of the passage most clearly work together to create the effects of
Gothic literature?

a. A vault said to hold a valuable type of wine provides the opportunity for the narrator to impress
Fortunato.
b. The poor lighting, twisty architecture, and secrecy of the crypt allow the narrator to trap and torment
Fortunato.
C. The darkness of the crypt and the piles of bones it contains terrify Fortunato and add to his eventual
panic.
d. The religious imagery of the crypt causes the narrator to reconsider his actions in his final encounter
with Fortunato.

2. Part B Which of the lines from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?
a. From the fourth side the bones had been thrown down, and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at
one point a mound of some size. (paragraph 2)
b. “Proceed," I said; "herein is the Amontillado. As for Luchresi —” (paragraph 4)
c. In an instant he had reached the extremity of the niche, and finding his progress arrested by the rock,
stood stupidly bewildered. (paragraph 5)
d. For a brief moment I hesitated, I trembled. (paragraph 11)