Question

Select the choice which best identifies the given passage from "The Cask of Amontillado."

"A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the chained form, seemed to thrust me violently back."

A) Tragic resolution

B) Irony/sarcasm

C) Setting

D) Characterization

Answer 1

A. Tragic resolution

Answer 2

Reading the language I would say:

B) Irony/sarcasm