What is foreshadowing?

When the author gives clues/hints to on what will happen

Based on the information given, what can you predict will happen?

He will be executed for his crimes.

Which is an example of foreshadowing?

Sees images of gallows and noose; hints he will die that way

Author's attitude about the story

The difference between what is expected and what does happen

What is characterization?

When the author gives info about the character

The use of an object or idea to represent something else

Which shows characterization?

"I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable."

Which is an example of irony?

Police search and find nothing; narrator tells on himself

Which is the best example of debauch?

Talking a friend into having a party when parents are gone

Which sentence conveys the mood of the story?

"But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburden my soul."

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Teschner's "The Black Cat" Quiz

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A quiz over some vocabulary from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat".

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1
What is foreshadowing?
The author's attitude
When the author gives info to help understand characters.
When the author gives clues/hints to on what will happen
The difference b/twn what might happen and what does happen
2
Based on the information given, what can you predict will happen?
He will live in a mental institution the rest of his life.
He will be executed for his crimes.
He will regret his actions and ask for forgiveness.
He will return home.
3
What does he mean when he says, "I again plunged into excess, and soon drowned, all memory..."
he sat in complete darkness
He drank more alcohol
He cast the animal down the well
He went for a swim.
4
From what disease does the author suffer?
Alzheimer's
Schizophrenia
Alcoholism
Pneumonia
5
Which is the best synonym for docility?
Suffering
Unwillingness
Obedience
Hatred
6
What is the first offense committed by the narrator?
The hanging of his cat.
Setting his house on fire.
The murder of his wife.
Cutting Pluto's eye out.
7
Which is the best synonym for sagacious?
happy
dedicated
foolish
knowledgeable
8
Which is an example of foreshadowing?
Sees images of gallows and noose; hints he will die that way
The narrator reveals his childhood to show compassion
The narrator takes out his anger on animals and his wife
Wife stops him from harming cat; predicts he will hurt her.
9
What is tone?
When the author gives info about the character
Author's attitude about the story
The difference between what might happen and what happens
When the author gives hints/clues on what might happen
10
What is irony?
When the author gives hints/clues on what will happen
The author's attitude about the story.
When the author gives info about the characters
The difference between what is expected and what does happen
11
What is characterization?
The difference between what might happen to what does happen
When the author gives hints/clues on what will happen
When the author gives info about the character
The author's attitude.
12
Where is the narrator when we first meet him?
At the gallows awaiting the hanging
In a local tavern drinking
In court on trial
In prison awaiting execution
13
What is symbolism?
The use of an object or idea to represent something else
The lesson the author is trying to teach.
Author's attitude about the story
The difference between what will happen and what does happen
14
Which shows characterization?
"I fancied that the cat avoided my presence."
"I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable."
"But I am detailing a chain of facts..."
"I approached it and touched it with my hand. It was a cat."
15
Which is an example of irony?
Police search and find nothing; narrator tells on himself
He feels sorry for his actions; decides to get a new cat
When the narrator kills his wife; he wanted to kill the cat.
Cat in the wall and is the ghost of the cat he killed.
16
By telling the story from the perspective of the narrator, the reader can draw that ...
The character is puzzled.
The character is joyful.
The character is maniacal.
The character is suspicious.
17
Which is the best definition for tincture?
To support
To completely destroy
To believe
To hardly influence
18
Is the word used correctly?: The performer was suffering a pestilence because he was singing.
Yes
No
19
Which is the best example of debauch?
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Talking a friend into having a party when parents are gone
Baking a cake for your best friend's birthday
Going fishing with your dad
20
Is the word used correctly?: The gentlemen was goaded into action.
No
Yes
21
Which sentence conveys the mood of the story?
"I was especially fond of animals."
"Pluto - this was the cat's name - was my favorite pet."
"But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburden my soul."
"One day she accompanied me ... into the cellar."

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