Select the correct inference of the given passage from / "The Cask of Amontillado./". / "I have my doubts,/" I replied; / "and I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. You were not to be found, and I was fearful of losing a bargain./". A) The narrator was worried he would lose a bargain. B) The narrator wants his Fortunato to feel superior. C) The narrator was upset by paying too much for the Amontillado. D) The narrator could not find Fortunato when he needed him.

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Annabella Gray

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30 August, 06:04

Select the correct inference of the given passage from / "The Cask of Amontillado./". / "I have my doubts,/" I replied; / "and I was silly enough to pay the full Amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. You were not to be found, and I was fearful of losing a bargain./". A) The narrator was worried he would lose a bargain. B) The narrator wants his Fortunato to feel superior. C) The narrator was upset by paying too much for the Amontillado. D) The narrator could not find Fortunato when he needed him.

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Julio Zhang · Answer 1

The Cask of Amontillado is a literary piece of the famous writer Edgar Allan Poe. It is a story of revenge of a man to his drunken friend, Fortunato who pretends to be an expert of wines. The scene here is that man sees Fortunato in the carnival and asks his dear friend to join him drink Amontillado. The context of the passage is B) so that Fortunato could come to him and carry out his revenge.