The Pit and the Pendulum

1. What is the famous first line of this story ? There are few persons, even among the calmest thinkers... There are few persons, even among the calmest thinkers... I was sick-sick unto death with that long agony... I was sick-sick unto death with that long agony... The sentence-the dread sentence of death... The sentence-the dread sentence of death... During the fall of the year

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2. What phenomenon does the narrator discuss in great detail? human suffering swooning painless death the subconscious

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3. What object does the narrator believe he is enclosed in after he recovers from his faint? a wooden box a tomb an even smaller cell a wall

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4. What object does the narrator attempt to retrieve from his clothing? a lock pick a knife a small bit of food his handkerchief

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5. When the narrator awoke from his first nap in the chamber, what did he find beside him? a letter and a rope loaf of bread and a pitcher of water loaf of bread and a pitcher of water a blanket and soup a quill and parchment

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6. When the narrator explores his prison chamber, he believes it to be a rectangle of 100 yards in circuit. True False

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7. Daring to walk across the chamber, the narrator trips on the torn hem of his robe and falls. He then makes a discovery that: his calculations were off, the room is 60 yards in circuit his chin touches the floor, but his lips and upper head didn't touch solid surface his chin touches the floor, but his lips and upper head didn't touch solid surface there is another man in the chamber with him his captors have left wine and bread in the middle of the room his captors have left wine and bread in the middle of the room

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8. After the narrator's initial discovery, he becomes convinced there are deep wells throughout the chamber. False True

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9. Why does a deep sleep overcome the narrator? lack of nutrition drugged water the exhaustion of scaling the chamber the exhaustion of scaling the chamber the fear brought on by the pit

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10. The prison cell was constructed out of which material? sandstone iron wood brick

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11. The narrator is placed upon a wooden framework and bound tightly except for which two body parts? his ankles head and left arm his arms right arm and abdominal area

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12. A noise coming from the pit attracts the narrator's attention. What animal began to issue from the hole? large, black bugs rats birds mice

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13. The narrator suddenly becomes aware of a swinging pendulum descending very slowly from the ceiling. False True

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14. The pendulum was meant to cross which part of the body? face heart stomach brain

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15. Within sweeps of the deadly device, the narrator states that he did what for the first time in days? smiled thought cried prayed

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16. The narrator believes that he can be freed from his bondage by letting the pendulum sweep across and cut the cords off of him. True False

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17. How soon after the narrator frees himself do his captors imprison him once more? after several hours less than 1 minute 5 minutes later nearly a half an hour later

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18. The chamber walls begin to shift from the original form of a rectangle to what new shape? octagon diamond circle triangle

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19. The narrator's fate at the end of "The Pit and the Pendulum": the narrator faints and falls into the abyss the narrator faints and falls into the abyss the French Army arrives and sets the prisioners free the French Army arrives and sets the prisioners free the captors push the narrator into the pit and rats soon devour his body the captors push the narrator into the pit and rats soon devour his body an open ending doesn't let us know if the narrator lived or died an open ending doesn't let us know if the narrator lived or died

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20. This story takes place in Toledo during the 17th century. False True

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