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!"

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.

Answer 1

The Cask of Amontillado is a story of a man named Fortunato which is a secret killer to people who are foes to him. In his plans, he used these people after being killed as an ingredient to cement which he uses underground where he stores the casks of Amontillado. In these lines, the interpretation is that Fortunato is being sarcastic to Montresor. Answer is B

Answer 2

The correct answer should be A.) Fortunato thinks Montresor has played a joke on him.

What actually happened later is that he bricked him inside a wall, which definitely is not a night with wine with jokes.