1. How is the use of setting in "Paul's Case" and "The Cask of Amontillado" similar?
D. Both stories are set in the winter to symbolize coldness and death.
The story “Paul’s Case” is set during the winter, it symbolizes the end of the things in literature and this end leads Paul to commit suicide. The atmosphere and the setting of the story are cold and harsh. However, the story “The Cask of Amontillado” ends in the death of Fortunato which gives the readers a gothic experience.
2. A comparison of the plots in "Paul's Case" and "The Cask of Amontillado" reveals that both stories move from what to what?
D. dishonesty to death
Both the stories “Paul’s Case” and “The Cask Of Amontillado” travels through the roads of dishonesty to death. In “Paul’s Case,” the character Paul feels so obsessed with money that he steals from his company which became the reason for his downfall. Similarly, Fortunato gets buried alive for some injustice which he did against Montresor.
3. How are the characters of Fortunado from "The Cask of Amontillado" and Jim Smiley from "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" alike?
B. They are both deceived.
Both the characters Fortunado and Jim Smiley were deceived in the stories “The Cask Of Amontillado” and “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country” respectively. Fortunato was deceived by Montresor who bricks him in the catacomb and leaves him until he is dead. on the other hand, Jim Smiley gets deceived by the man who betted against him. Jim betted that his frog Dan’l can outjump any frog in the country. The man filled the frog with quail shots so that he can win the bet.
Fined or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both
She was a published author. This was very different from other Puritan woman because writing was usually only done by men. Hope this helps.
Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but I just took a test with this question yesterday and the answer was "<span>she met famous poet Langston Hughes at the age of 16"
Hope this helped! :) </span>
