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The Cask of Amontillado
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Literature
9th Grade
02/08/2012
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precluded
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prevented
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retribution
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payback; punishment for a misdeed
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afflicted
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suffering or sickened
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EXPLICIT
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clearly stated
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recoiling
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staggering back
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subsided
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settled down; became less active or intense
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Who is the author?
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Edgar Allan Poe
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When did Poe live?
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from 1809-1849
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Orphaned at what age?
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3 years
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Raised by who?
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foster parents; the Allans
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How did Allans treat Poe?
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gave him a good education but refused to pay his college debt causing him to drop out
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Who did he marry?
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Virginia Clemm, his cousin
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How did wife die?
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tuberculosis
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Death?
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found unconcious on a street in Baltimore & died three days later
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