Select the choice which best identifies the given passage from "The Cask of Amontillado."

Question

Select the choice which best identifies the given passage from "The Cask of Amontillado."

"I forced the last stone into its position; I plastered it up. Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them."

Answer 1

irony/ sarcasm

Answer 2

What are your choices? What is your answer?

Answer 3

the choices are characterization setting irony/sarcasm and tragic resolution

Answer 4

To accurately identify a passage from "The Cask of Amontillado," it is necessary to have access to the complete text of the short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. If you have the full text available, you can search for the given passage using keywords or phrases from the provided selection. In this case, you can search for phrases like "I forced the last stone into its position," "I plastered it up," "I re-erected the old rampart of bones," or "no mortal has disturbed them." By conducting a search using any of these phrases, you should be able to locate the specific passage in the text.