The Masque of the Red Death Questions and Answers
What is the theme of "The Masque of the Red Death"?
Describe the uninvited guest in "The Masque of the Red Death."
What does the masked figure represent in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
Describe the seventh room in "The Masque of the Red Death."
Compare life outside the palace with the life of the people Prospero brought inside in "The Masque of the Red Death."
What is the central conflict in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What are some of Prince Prospero's character traits?
How does Prince Prospero react to the midnight guest in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What does the masquerade represent in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What is the significance of time in "The Masque of the Red Death"? At what moments does the narrator mention time?
How does social-economic status affect the characters if one survives or falls victim to the Red Death in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
In "The Masque of the Red Death," how do the chimes of the clock affect the guests? What are their costumes like? What do you think might occur in the black room? What do dreams represent in the story?
Consider the desperate measures the characters in "The Masque of the Red Death" take to achieve safety. In what ways, if any, do their behaviors reflect real-world responses to a deadly threat? Support your answer with details.
Who does Prince Prospero invite to his abbey and why in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What is the "Red Death"? How does it affect its victims?
What does each color/room in "The Masque of the Red Death" mean?
How do the people in the abbey meet a tragic end during the event?
How does Poe create atmosphere and mood in "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Raven"?
Why does the masked figure's presence cause such a sensation?
What is the message of "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What is the foreshadowing in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What Effect Does The Striking Of The Clock Have On The Revellers
What happens to the party-goers in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What does the ebony clock signify in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What feelings do you think Poe wanted readers to have at the end of "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What do the welded locks symbolize in "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe?
How does the clock relate to the theme?
What do the tripods with the flames represent in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
In "The Masque of the Red Death," what does the purple room symbolize and what stage of life does it represent?
What is the climax of the story "The Masque of the Red Death"?
How did you react to the masked figure's first appearance in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What are five vivid words to describe the red death image from "The Masque of the Red Death"?
How are each of the seven deadly sins demonstarted in the story?
In "The Masque of the Red Death," what is the attitude of the privileged guests of Prospero's castle toward those outside the castle who are more vulnerable to and afflicted by the Red Death? In what ways can this story function as a parable, or story with a moral?
Why is madness/insanity the theme of "The Masque of the Red Death"?
In Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death," what is the symbolism of the abbey?
What do the Masqueraders represent in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What is significant about the prince's name in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What is the point of view in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
What is ironic about the appearance of the Red Death to the abbey?
How was the Red Death able to enter Prince Prospero's castle even though it was sealed in "deep seclusion" from the rest of the world?
What does the music represent in the story "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe?
Why do the revelers cease dancing and listen to the chiming of the clock, and who does the clock seem to affect more?
What is Prince Prospero's solution to the red death in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
How does the description of the abbey in the second paragraph of "The Masque of the Red Death" contribute to the meaning of the text?
In "The Masque of the Red Death," why does Poe refer to the party goers as "dreams," and how does the ebony clock disrupt the dreams?
Would you like the prince as friend? Explain.
In "The Masque of the Red Death" what is the creepy feature about the lighting for each room?
In "The Masque of the Red Death," who is the stranger behind the mask?
Describe the seven rooms of the prince's palace in "The Masque of the Red Death."
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