Question

Edgar Allan Poe uses foreshadowing in "The Cask of Amontillado" to create mystery in which of the followingquotes? A. "he had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells." ****** B. "and as for Luchresi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado." C. "You? Impossible! A Mason? A mason, I replied, a sign, he said, a sign. D. "I forced the last stone into itsposition, I plastered it up."

Answer 1

C. is the correct answer.

C is the only answer choice that refers to the future ("a sign, he said, a sign"). The rest of the answers refer to things happening in the present in the story, with almost no reference to the future of the plot.