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Test review for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"
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1
How do the police find the narrator's wife's body?
They hear the cat screaming from behind the cellar wall.
They see blood on the cellar floor.
Some of the brickwork comes loose when the narrator hits it.
2
Why did the narrator look for another cat to replace Pluto?
He wanted to hide the death of Pluto from his wife.
His wife missed Pluto and wanted another cat.
He felt remorse and regretted the loss of Pluto.
3
After Pluto loses his eye, he sees "clearer." What literary element is this an example of?
foreshadowing
allusion
anaphora
irony
4
How did the narrator kill Pluto?
He stabbed him with a penknife.
He hung him from a tree in the garden.
With a blow from an axe.
5
What are the three main elements of the horror/suspense literary genre?
Eerie setting, likeable antagonist in trouble, & suspense
Eerie setting, a crime, & suspense
Eerie setting, likeable protagonist in trouble, & suspense
6
What was the narrator like as a child?
He was, mean, violent, and disliked animals.
He was mean and violent, but loved animals.
He was kind, gentle, and loved animals.
He was kind and gentle, but disliked animals.
7
In what way is the new cat different from Pluto?
The new cat is not missing an eye like Pluto.
The new cat has a white splotch of hair on its chest.
None, the two cats are exactly alike.
8
"In their consequences, these events have terrified-have tortured-have destroyed me" (pg. 1).
irony
allusion
anaphora
foreshadowing
9
How did Pluto lose an eye?
The narrator cut it out with the sharp tip of an axe.
The narrator cut it out with a penknife in a fit of madness.
Pluto scratched it out himself.
10
Consent reluctantly
sagacious
allay
chimera
succumb
11
What happened on the night the narrator killed Pluto?
A fire that only destroyed some of his belongings.
A conflagration that destroyed his entire worldly wealth.
The narrator slept better than he had in a long time.
12
Acutely insightful and wise.
chimera
succumb
sagacious
conflagration
13
Where is the narrator as he is telling his story?
The police station
His home
His cellar
A prison cell
14
A large, destructive fire
conflagration
allay
sagacious
succumb
15
Why does the narrator hate the second cat?
He thinks his wife loves the cat more than she does him.
The cat sits on his chest so he can't sleep.
Because it is very affectionate and reminds him of Pluto.
16
What shape does the white hair on the second cat's chest take?
A gallows
A Penknife
An axe
17
From what point of view is the short story, "The Black Cat," told?
First Person
Second Person
Third Person Omniscient
Third Person Limited
18
What image was burned on the only remaining wall of the narrator's house?
A gigantic cat with a noose around its neck.
The outline of a witch.
The outline of a cat with only one eye.
19
Lessen the intensity of, or calm
allay
sagacious
conflagration
succumb
20
Why is the narrator telling this story?
To apologize to his wife for abusing her.
To prove that Pluto was a witch in disguise.
To unburden his soul before he dies.
21
What is one of the themes from "The Black Cat?"
Violence
Alcoholism
None; a theme cannot be described in one word.
Madness
22
What is the significance of the narrator's cat's name?
Zeus is named after the Greek god of thunder.
Pluto is named after the Roman God of the dead.
Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea.
23
A grotesque product of the imagination.
sagacious
succumb
chimera
conflagration
24
Why does the narrator kill his wife?
He is jealous of her affection for the second cat.
She trips him on the cellar stairs by accident.
She stops him from killing the second cat.
25
Who wrote "The Black Cat?"
Mary Shelley
Edgar Allen Poe
Bram Stoker
H.P. Lovecraft
26
What is the narrator's cat's name?
Jupiter
Zeus
Pluto
Mars
27
What literary element is used in the naming of the narrator's cat?
irony
anaphora
allusion
flashback
28
How does the narrator dispose of his wife's body?
He walls her up in the cellar.
Cutting the body into pieces and sending it off in a box.
He burns her body in the fireplace.
29
The image of the gallows on the cat's chest is an example of which literary element?
allusion
foreshadowing
irony
anaphora
30
In what literary genre is "The Black Cat" included?
Mystery Fiction
Horror Fiction
Dystopian Fiction
