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The Pit and the Pendulum Reader's Guide
Directions: PLEASE READ!! Make sure you cite evidence from the text
to support your answers. You will NOT receive full credit unless you
can support your answer with at least one line from the story .
Additionally, please use a color other than Black for your answers if
editing this document directly.
1) How would the reader know that this story is about the Spanish
Inquisition? (Hint: Take a look at the start of the story.)
2) At the start of the story (page 249), how does the author create a mood
of drama and suspense? (Hint: What happens at the very start of the
story?) Use evidence that sets the tone of the story.
3) From lines 32-93 (pages 250-251) the narrator talks about fainting. Why
does the narrator faint? What does the narrator compare fainting to? Use
evidence to support your answer.