Which is an example of foreshadowing?

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

Which is the best example of debauch?

Talking a friend into having a party when parents are gone

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.

Author's attitude about the story

The use of an object or idea to represent something else

What is characterization?

When the author gives info about the character

The difference between what is expected and what does happen

Which is an example of irony?

Police search and find nothing; narrator tells on himself

Which sentence conveys the mood of the story?

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

Which shows characterization?

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

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

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