Question

Which parts of this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" use irony?

(1) "Come," I said, with decision, "we will go back; your health is precious. (2) You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. (3) We will go back; you will be ill, and I cannot be responsible. Besides, there is Luchresi–" "Enough," he said; (4) "the cough's a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough." (5) "True–true," I replied; "and, indeed, I had no intention of alarming you unnecessarily–but you should use all proper caution . . ."

A. Sentence 1
B. Sentence 2
C. Sentence 3
D. Sentence 4
E. Sentence 5

Answer 1

skeet because a isnt the answer

Answer 2

Sentence 4 "the cough's a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough."