Question

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

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."

Question 1 options:
1) Fortunato has been injured many times.
2) The narrator continues to hurt Fortunato and vows revenge.
3) The narrator has been insulted many times and vows revenge against Fortunato.
4) Fortunato has been recently born and goes on an adventure.

Answer 1

The correct answer is 3) The narrator has been insulted many times and vows revenge against Fortunato.

At one point in time when he felt that he had been insulted, the narrator decided that enough was enough and that he would have his revenge.

Answer 2

Answer: 3) The narrator has been insulted many times and now vows revenge against Fortunato.

Step-by-step explanation: All other options are the result of a poor understanding of the text: in a void, the "thousand injuries of Fortunato" could be understood as injuries that Fortunato has suffered, but the context lets us know it is the other way around as soon as we read "I had borne," which actually means "I have suffered" (borne is the past participle of bear, not of born). To venture upon here means to start doing something new, figuratively coming into a new territory, which, in this context, is injury.