"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a story which was published and released in 1842 in literary annual, written by Edgar Allan Poe. The story revolves around a prisoner's bad experiences and sufferings of the Spanish Inquisition. This quiz has been developed to test your knowledge about the events and characters of the story. Read the questions carefully and answer accordingly. All the best!
He cut them with a knife
He chewed through them
He ripped them
He put salted meat on them then the rats chewed through them
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A pie
Wine
A loaf and pitcher of water
Water
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He found a door and escaped
Nothing
The room was flooded.
The walls started to close in on him
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A dead rat
A clump of hair
A piece of bread
A piece of cloth
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A dead body
A blanket
A well
A key
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He said something against God
He killed someone
He stole something
He tried to blow up the church
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Seven tall candles
One candles
A bloody knife
A robe
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He was strapped to a table
He fainted
He screamed in horror
He was given salted meat
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Coarse serge
A potato sack
He was naked
Tweed
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They are shot point blank
They are hung
They are starved to death
They are eaten alive by rats
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Nothing it was bare
Fearful skelatal images
Suns
Knives
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Brick
Stone
Iron
Stucco
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The pendulum
The rats
A human voice
A unidentified sound
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Water
Fire
Nothing
It was never mentioned
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Shrink into the center of the room
Stare in disbelief
Give in to the fact that he is gonna die
Try to crawl up the wall
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