1. “The Cask of Amontillado”
Edgar Allen Poe

2. What is Amontillado? Sherry or a type of wine
Why would a story be named after an alcoholic beverage?

3. The Setting: Catacombs
Catacombs are underground tunnels or rooms dug out as tombs or sometimes used for religious worship.
From
1: a subterranean cemetery of galleries with recesses for tombs —usually used in plural
2: something resembling a catacomb: as : an underground passageway or group of passageways

8. Who are masons? From www.m-w.com: Definition of
1: a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (as stone or brick)