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The masque of the Red Death.
1. - Why did Prince Prospero decide to take his friends far away to one of his distant castles?
Prince Prospero took his friends to one of his distant castles so that they would all be safe from the Red Death.
2. - How was the suite in Prince Prospero's castle different from suites in other palaces?
The suite was different because inother palaces, suites are built in a straight line. In Prince Prospero's palace there was a sharp turn every seven or ten metres so that you could only see one room at a time. In the middle of each wall, right and left, was high and narrow window. These windows looked over a corridor that ran next to the rooms. The stained glass windows were made ​​of color, and the color of the windows variedaccording to the decor of the room. At the end of this room, for example, it was all blue, or the windows were bright blue etc.
3. - What happened when the clock in the black room struck the hour?
When the clock struck the hour, the musicians stopped playing, the dancers stopped dancing and everyone became his happiness afraid.
4. - What happened when the clock stopped chiming?
When theclock stopped chiming, the laughter started again. The musicians smiled and promised that they would not stop playing the next time the clock chimed.
5. - What did the people see after the clock struck midnight?
The people saw a masked figure enter the blue room. The new arrival of the stranger quickly spread throughout the group rooms. At first people felt surprise and disapproval. Then showedtheir horror.
6. - What was the stranger like?
The stranger was tall and thin and he was dressed from head to foot in the clothes of death. He wore a mask that looked like the face of a dead person. He was dressed as the Red Death. His clothes were dripping with blood and there was blood on his face and forehead.
7. -What did the people discover when they grabbed the masked figure andpulled off his mask and costume?
They discovered that the mask and costume were empty.

8. -Who was the stranger?
The stranger was the Red Death.
The Pit and the Pendulum.
1. - What sentence did the court pronounce on the prisoner?

The court pronounced the sentence of death on the prisoner.

2. - How did the narrator know he was not in a condemned cell?

The narratorknow that he was not in a condemned cell because all the condemned cells in Toledo had some light, and his cell was completely dark.

3. - How did the narrator measure his dungeon?

The narrator measured his dungeon by tearing off the botton of his robe and putting it on the floor at right angles to the wall. He then put his hands against the wall and started to walk around the cell andback to the strip of robe.

4. - While measuring the dungeon, the prisoner fell asleep. What did he find when he woke up?

When the prisoner woke up, he found a loaf of bread and a jug of water next to him.

5. - What happened while he was walking in a straight line across the cell?

While he was walking in a straight line across the cell, the bottom of his robe caught between hislegs and he fell.

6. - What did the narrator learn about the cell as a result of his fall?

The narrator discovered a deep pit in the middle of the cell.

7. - What kind of death had the Inquisition prepared for the prisoner?

The Inquisition had intended him to fall into the pit. He had been chosen for death with terrible mental horrors.

8. - What changed in the cell whilethe narrator slept for the third time?

When he opened his eyes, the prisoner could see the shape and size of his prison, because there was now some dim light. He was lying on his back on a low wooden bed and was securely tied to it by a long leather strap with a pendulum on.

9. - What did he discover when he looked up at the ceiling in the prison?

When he looked up at the ceiling of...