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ACT Reading 2.8 Prose Fiction. Who or what is Luchesi?

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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by carnivals. A great excuse to wear your

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mother's pantyhose--in case you were looking to do that.

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Who or what is Luchesi?

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The narrator initially tells Fortunato he's on his way to ask Luchesi, a rival wine snob,

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about the alleged Amontillado.

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This is all we need to know for a fast and furious elimination process.

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Both (A) and (D) claim that Luchesi is a kind of wine, and we can eliminate them both for doing so.

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(C) is totally wrong. There's no evidence

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that Luchesi and the narrator are in cahoots, but it sure is fun to say the word "cahoots."

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Cahoots. Cahoots. Cahoots. We could do this all day.

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Answer (B) gets it right. Luchesi is indeed another "wine connoisseur," which is a

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person who is an expert judge of wine.

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Fortunato instantly bad-mouths Luchesi when the narrator suggests he might know a thing

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or two about Amontillado, so we know they're rivals.

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It's also rumored that Fortunato doesn't like Luchesi because he overuses the word "cahoots"...

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