Question

5. Select the correct inference of the given passage from “The Cask of Amontillado.”

“Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. For the half of a century no mortal has disturbed them. In pace requiescat!”
a. Montresor spent fifty years building the wall.
b. Fortunato has never been found.
c. Montresor buried all of the old bones.
d. Fortunato has been sleeping for fifty years

Answer 1

Among the choices the correct inference of the given passage from "The Cask of Amontillado" is letter B which is Fortunato has never been found. The Cast of Amontillado was written by Edgar Allan Poe that was published last November 1846. 

Answer 2

b. Fortunato has never been found.

The key sentence for the answer is "For half of a century no mortal has disturbed them." Half a century is fifty years. We know that Montressor built the wall that night and walled in Fortunato. This eliminates A. Also, C is just wrong since he entombed Fortunato, not the old bones. Option D is also wrong since Fortunato is dead - he's not sleeping. The statement "no mortal has disturbed them" best indicates that Fortunato has never been found.