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The Pit and the Pendulum

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  • What does the narrator of "The Pit and the Pendulum" throw into the pit to determine its depth?
    A stone
  • What does he discover when he wakes up?
    He's tied up
  • How did The Masque of the Red Death end?
    Everyone at the party died
  • At the end, the narrator is rescued by the army of which French general?
    LaSalle
  • How does he escape?
    The rats chew off his straps
  • What is the time period of the story?
    1400's
  • What did the narrator dread most when he opened his eyes?
    Not seeing anything. Being buried alive
  • What did the judges look like?
    Pale with black robes
  • What point of view is the story written in?
    1st person
  • Where did the narrator almost fall?
    Into the pit
  • The narrator of "The Pit and the Pendulum" has been imprisoned by agents of which institution?
    The Inquisition
  • Why did the Prince host a party?
    To escape the plague outside
  • How does he think he will die?
    The pendulum will slice him
  • What does he realize about the provisions brought to him?
    They were drugged
  • How does the story end?
    He gets rescued
  • What did he hope to find in his pocket?
    His knife
  • Where does the story take place?
    A dungeon in Toledo, Spain
  • How many candles were on the table?
    7
  • What does the narrator use to attract the rats?
    Meat
  • What was the narrator's sentence in the beginning of the story?
    Death
  • What type of death do the judges have in mind for the narrator?
    Slow and painful death by torture
  • How does he discover the pit in the center of the room?
    He trips
  • What figure does the narrator find painted on the ceiling of his prison?
    Time
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