Question

Select the correct inference of the given passage from "The Cask of Amontillado."

"Ha! ha! ha!--he! he! he!--a very good joke indeed--an excellent jest. We shall have many a rich laugh about it at the palazzo--he! he! he!--over our wine--he! he! he!"

Answer 1

Fortunato hopes Montresor is playing a joke on him

Answer 2

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "A.Fortunato thinks Montresor has played a joke on him."

Here are the following choices:
A.Fortunato thinks Montresor has played a joke on him.
B.Fortunato hopes Montresor is playing a joke on him.
C.The two men will laugh about their adventure.
D.The two men enjoy playing jokes on one another.