Question

select the correct inference of the given passage from ''the cask of amontillado''''come,''i said,with decision,''we will go back;your health is precious.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.we will go back;you will be ill,and i cannot be responsible.besides there is luchesi--''    a. the narrator wishes to turn back before fortunato gets sick b. fortunato is a rich and popular man in town. c. the narrator is not an important man. d. fortunato is ignorant of the narrator's intent to harm him.

Answer 1

I took the test.

A.) is incorrect.

D.) is incorrect.

C.) I can't see how that could be the answer

So, B.) seems like the most reasonable answer.

Answer 2

The correct inference of the given passage from "The cask of Amontillado" would be: the narrator wishes to turn back before Fortunato gets sick. The correct answer would be option A. The narrator wants Fortunato to be aware of what's going to happen to him next and that, the narrator doesn't want Fortunato to experience sickness and death.