Review, Poetry and Poe

In "The Black Cat,"What did the narrator tell the reader before he began the story?

• a. he wanted to caution the reader about falling into the same trap he fell in.

• b. he had no memory of what happened.

• c. he would die tomorrow and he wanted to unburden his soul.

• d. he was unjustly accused of a crime he did not commit.

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The narrator blames his change in mood and behavior on

• a. a brain tumor

• b. alcohol

• c. a curse put on him

• d. his wife divorcing him

What did the narrator hang in the garden?

• a. the cat

• b. a rabbit

• c. a dog

• d. the narrator's wife

What happened to the narrator's first house?

• a. it was foreclosed on, and he was evicted.

• b. it was burglarized

• c. it was destroyed by a flood

• d. it burned down, except one wall.

The story alludes to the superstition that cats are really

• a. witches in disguise

• b. our dead ancestors

• c. the ghost of murdered people

• d. not good pets to have

What is ironic about the two cats?

• a. they both scratch the narrator

• b. they both have only one eye

• c. they are both killed by the narrator

• d. they both have a white patch on their chest

The definition of the word gallows means

• a. an informal term for a young man

• b. a ghostly appearing figure

• c. an instrument of execution, used to hang a condemned person ; a wooden frame

• d. a figment of one's imagination

Who or what did the narrator kill with an axe?

• a. the cat

• b. the narrator's wife

• c. the rabbit

• d. the dog

Where did the police find the narrator's second cat?

• a. down a storm drain

• b. hanging from a tree, like the first cat

• c. inside the wall with the body of the narrator's wife

• d. on the roof of the house

This story is told by the narrator

• as an appeal to his sentence for release.

• in writing so that one day someone might understand it and he needs to confess to cleanse his soul.

• who is a reliable narrator as he lived the life.

• who explains that he is both mad and a dreamer but must unburden his conscience.