ShmoopTube

Where Monty Python meets your 10th grade teacher.

Search Thousands of Shmoop Videos

ACT Reading 2.6 Prose Fiction 268 Views

Share It!

Description:

ACT Reading 2.6 Prose Fiction. Based on the information provided in the passage, which of the following would be a reasonable assumption to make about Amontillado?

Language:

English Language

Subjects:

Tags:

Common Core Standards:

Transcript

00:03
Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the "conical cap and bells."
00:08
Both conical AND comical.
00:17
Based on the information provided in the passage, which of the following would be a reasonable
00:21
assumption to make about Amontillado?
00:29
Fortunato gets excited about the supposed Amontillado. Since

00:32
Fortunato is a big wine snob, we can assume Amontillado is a rare or expensive wine.
00:39
Both (B) and (C) are trying to trick us into confusing Amontillado with Luchesi, a rival wine snob.
00:44
Since we know that Amontillado is a wine, not a person, we aren't fooled. (B) and
00:48
(C) are both incorrect. Nope, Amontillado is a wine, not a place.
00:52
Maybe it's the place the wine is made. Who knows?
00:55
Either way, choice (A) is officially nixed. Choice (D) correctly defines Amontillado as
01:01
the near mythical wine that is.
01:04
We have to wonder: does it pair with a mythical cheese?
Full Transcript