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17.

This question has two parts.
Part

A: What is the central idea of the short story?

- Select ABCD



B: What two quotes support part A?

- Select EFGH

A. Prince Prospero and his friends put on a masquerade to celebrate the Red Death.

B. Prince Prospero and his friends assemble everyone in the kingdom to flee the Red Death.

C. Prince Prospero and his friends gather to escape the Red Death and end up dying anyways.

D. Prince Prospero and his friends hold a ball to commemorate those who survived the Red Death.

E. “And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall.”

F. “In an assembly of phantasms such as I have painted, it may well be supposed that no ordinary appearance could have excited such sensation.”

G. “In many palaces, however, such suites form a long and straight vista, while the folding doors slide back nearly to the walls on either hand, so that the view of the whole extent is scarcely impeded.”

H. “It was toward the close of the fifth or sixth month of his seclusion, and while the pestilence raged most furiously abroad, that the Prince Prospero entertained his thousand friends at a masked ball of the most unusual magnificence.”









A.
C - F - H

B.
B - G - H

C.
A - E - H

D.
C - E - H

1 answer

The correct answers are:

Part A: C. Prince Prospero and his friends gather to escape the Red Death and end up dying anyways.

Part B: D. C - E - H

  • C: This summarizes the main theme of the story, highlighting the ultimate futility of their attempts to escape death.
  • E: This quote illustrates the grim outcome for the revellers, showing that the Red Death eventually claims them.
  • H: This quote sets the scene of the extravagant ball that takes place during the plague, further supporting the idea that they were trying to escape the Red Death through indulgence.