1. How does the author succeed in drawing the
reader quickly into the event about to take
place?
2. What do we learn about the man being
hanged?
3. How does the author intensify the sense of
waiting?
4. What circumstances led to the capture of
Peyton Farquhar?
5. How much time passes in the story?
6. How do you account for Farquhar’s sensation that he had fallen into the stream?
7. Do you think that thoughts continue in one’s
brain after death? Discuss.
8. The third paragraph suggests the author’s
attitude toward the hanging. What is it? Cite
words or phrases in the paragraph to support
your answer.
9. Does the author hint during the story that the
escape is only the vision of a dying man? If so,
how?
10. Do you think the author has achieved Poe’s
“certain unique or single effect” in the story?
Give reasons for your answer.
11. What do you like most about Ambrose Bierce as a storyteller? What do you dislike most?12. What part of the story did you find most
vivid?
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