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

"I continued, as was my wont [habit] to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation [becoming the victim]."

Irony/sarcasm

Setting

Characterization

Tragic resolution



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

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