Questions 1. Make a list of facts you learned from the story. 2. List the characters and describe them. 3. List five new words you learned in the book. Write down their dictionary pronunciation and meaning. 4. If you could continue the story, what events would you include? Why? 5. Tell in your own words how the setting of the story made it more interesting. 6. If you were in a problem situation like one in the book, how would you have acted? Be sure to tell what the situation is. 7. What lesson did you learn from the story? 8. In a good paragraph, state the main idea of the book. 9. Identify one problem in the book and give an alternate solution one not given by the author. 10. What do you think is the most interesting part of the book? Why? All rights reserved 2012 email me here: mhedelivios@gmail.com if you want a copy of this... :)

1. The Masque of the
Red Death

2. •Introduction
•Question and Answer

3. • writtenby Edgar Allan Poe
• published in Graham’s Magazine (1842)
 The story follows Prince Prospero who
abandoned his people to avoid the plague
called the Red Death. He hides in his abbey
with his friends . They hold a masquerade
party in the seven rooms of his abbey when
an uninvited person arrives. This person is a
victim of the Red Death and because of him
everyone who is in the abbey dies.

6. A wealthy ruler who
escapes to a castle-like
abbey to avoid an epidemic
disease called “Red
Death”; selfish ruler

9. - full of sensual
delight, pleasure, sensual
gratifications, spent
enjoyment of luxury
- sexy, curvy, full-figured

10. ˈmə-mər
-a person wearing a
mask
-another way of
saying masker
-a performer or
actor

11. ˈgā-ə-tē
- festive activity or celebration
-having battlements
-like a castle

12. -decorative art characterized by
combining human, animal, and plant in
a fantastic way
-distorted and unnatural in shape or
size; abnormal and hideous

13. • I’ll introduce another character that can help
the people suffering from the disease called
Red Death. This person knows the solution to
stop the epidemic. In the end, he’ll become the
new prince.
• because I want people to know that even the
impossible things can happen. I don’t want them to
lose hope and just escape to what problem they
have. I want them to realize that not everybody is
selfish.

14. • The setting of the story was at the castle-like abbey
of the prince where the masquerade party was held.
The setting of the story was amazing because if you
analyze it deeply, you will see that it has a deeper
meaning like the different colors of the seven rooms
which symbolizes people stages in life from the time
we’re born until the time we’ll die.

15. If I were in the situation like in the story, where
people were dying because of an epidemic
disease, I will never abandon them. I’ll research
what’s the cause of it and how are we going to
avoid it. And if I’m not able to fulfill this at least I
was able to make them feel that they are not alone
and I was able to help them until the last breathe
of my life.

16. We should never be selfish. Think of
others.
We should accept that all of us will
die even the rich people in this
world are not exempted.
We should live our life to the
fullest.

17. The main idea of the book is how no
one can escape death and how being
selfish, rich, or powerful will not
save you from dying.

18. One of the problem in the story was when
Prince Prospero abandoned his people or escaped
to avoid the plague.
An alternative solution would be that, Prince
Prospero should face the problem and not
abandon his people. He should search for a
solution that can reduce or cure the disease, even
if he’ll fail in the end.

19. The most interesting part of the book was
when the uninvited guest showed up at the
party. It made the story more exciting because
you wouldn’t know or predict what would
happen next.