The Masque of the Red Death
Practice Exam (Cumulative):
Questions & Answers: Complete
Solution
What is "The Red Death"? - Answer An epidemic spreading across the kingdom
What are the symptoms of the red death? - Answer Pain, dizziness, pores
bleeding
Who is Prince Prospero? - Answer The prince of the kingdom who is always
happy, even when everyone is getting killed. He has a liking for things that are
different.
What does Prince Prospero do in response to almost half the kingdom dying of
red death? - Answer He takes his closest hundred or so friends and goes into
hiding to avoid getting disease. Take note, this is luxury hiding and they still have
food and lavish lives.
What do the hiding nobles do after 5-6 months of seclusion? - Answer They have
a masquerade ball
What is the theme of the masquerade masques? - Answer Scary, grotesque, etc.
, What does the ballroom look like? - Answer There are different sections of
different colors- orange, purple, etc.
What is the last section of the ballroom like? - Answer It is black with blood-red
windows and no lights. In it is a huge ebony (bone) clock that has an eerie chime
that silences everyone.
Who comes in at the chiming of the clock? What does he/she look like? - Answer
An uninvited guest appears whilst everyone is silent. He/She has a skull-like mask
and burial clothes- making it look like it walked out of a grave. This is scarier than
any of the masks the others were wearing and it makes them all uncomfortable.
The face shows signs of the red death.
How does Prince Prospero react to the uninvited guest? - Answer He demands
that they be captured and hanged for mockery.
Why doesn't the uninvited guest get captured? - Answer No-one is brave enough
to touch it.
What is the uninvited guest carrying and what do they do with it? - Answer They
use the dagger they are carrying to stab Prince Prospero while in the black, creepy
room.
What happens to the uninvited guest after they stab the Prince? - Answer The
party guests try to grab them, and find that it is just a mask and clothes, no body.
Practice Exam (Cumulative):
Questions & Answers: Complete
Solution
What is "The Red Death"? - Answer An epidemic spreading across the kingdom
What are the symptoms of the red death? - Answer Pain, dizziness, pores
bleeding
Who is Prince Prospero? - Answer The prince of the kingdom who is always
happy, even when everyone is getting killed. He has a liking for things that are
different.
What does Prince Prospero do in response to almost half the kingdom dying of
red death? - Answer He takes his closest hundred or so friends and goes into
hiding to avoid getting disease. Take note, this is luxury hiding and they still have
food and lavish lives.
What do the hiding nobles do after 5-6 months of seclusion? - Answer They have
a masquerade ball
What is the theme of the masquerade masques? - Answer Scary, grotesque, etc.
, What does the ballroom look like? - Answer There are different sections of
different colors- orange, purple, etc.
What is the last section of the ballroom like? - Answer It is black with blood-red
windows and no lights. In it is a huge ebony (bone) clock that has an eerie chime
that silences everyone.
Who comes in at the chiming of the clock? What does he/she look like? - Answer
An uninvited guest appears whilst everyone is silent. He/She has a skull-like mask
and burial clothes- making it look like it walked out of a grave. This is scarier than
any of the masks the others were wearing and it makes them all uncomfortable.
The face shows signs of the red death.
How does Prince Prospero react to the uninvited guest? - Answer He demands
that they be captured and hanged for mockery.
Why doesn't the uninvited guest get captured? - Answer No-one is brave enough
to touch it.
What is the uninvited guest carrying and what do they do with it? - Answer They
use the dagger they are carrying to stab Prince Prospero while in the black, creepy
room.
What happens to the uninvited guest after they stab the Prince? - Answer The
party guests try to grab them, and find that it is just a mask and clothes, no body.
