The Black Cat

On which picture can you see Edgar Allan Poe?

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In addition to being a writer, Edgar Allan Poe was also a well-known

• Literary Critic

• Actor

• Director

• Financial Advisor

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What common pronouns would be used in a story written in First Person Point of View?

• They, them, He
• She, we, they
• Us, Susan, Megan, Him
• I, we, us

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What would be some limitations to reading first person point of view?

• You know all of the thoughts of everyone except the narrator. All sides are present. 
• It's the easiest to relate to
• The first person reading it will always know what happened first.
• You only know the narrator's thoughts. You don't know how credible the story is.  You only know the narrator's side of the story.

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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. 

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How can you tell in the narrator is unreliable?

• All narrators are unreliable
• an unreliable narrator is someone who is drunk, high, lying or crazy. If they state that during their narrating you can tell.
• An unreliable narrator is someone who never lies 
• An unreliable narrator is someone who is drunk and the reader is unable to tell that he is drunk

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From where does the narrator write?

• Prison

• the chapel

• his home

• the graveyard

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What was the narrator's great interest and passion in life?

• Mathematics

• Medicine

• Animals

• Death

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Before this incident, the author was known for his kindness and gentle nature.

• True

• False

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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

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