English 10 Midterm

What did the lawyer and the banker make a bet about?

• Whether or not the lawyer could fast for a 15 weeks

• Whether or not the lawyer could stay in solitary confinement for fifteen years

• Whether or not the banker could make $15 million

• Whether or not the banker could recite all of Shakespeare’s Hamlet

The narrator in "The Bet" is telling the story from the end of the 15-year sentence. What is it an example of when he goes back to tell the story of when they made the bet?

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Point of view

• Flashback

Why is the money not paid at the end of the bet?

• The lawyer chooses to leave early

• The banker cannot afford to pay the lawyer

• The banker kills the lawyer

• The lawyer has died of natural causes

What does the narrator in "The Black Cat" do to his cat Pluto?

• Gives him away

• Cuts his eye out and hangs him

• Keeps him in the basement

• Forgets to feed him

In "The Black Cat" after the fire, the strange image left on the wall was the outline of

• A cat with a white splotch on its chest

• The narrator’s wife

• A cat with a rope around its neck

• The narrator as a young boy

The narrator in "The Black Cat" murdered his wife when she

• Tried to stop him from hurting their cat

• Wouldn’t stop nagging him about his drinking

• Threatened to give away all of their pets

• Confessed to setting their house on fire

How does the narrator in "The Black Cat" conceal his wife's body?

• Puts her body in the brick chimney wall

• Puts her body in a grave

• Hides her body in the attic

• Hides her body in a closet

How is the narrator in "The Black Cat" caught?

• He admits to his guilt

• The police have evidence against him

• His wife left a note that he might kill her

• His cat was in the wall and cried out loudly

Which description doesn’t apply to Hop-Frog?

• Dwarf

• Old

• Fool

• Cripple

How did Hop-Frog get his name?

• He couldn’t walk like a normal person

• He liked to jump a lot during his routines

• He had a pet frog

• He was given that name at birth