What events from "The Black Cat" seem to prove the wife's superstition about cats to be correct?A.The narrator starts drinking heavily and becomes abusive, scaring both his wife and his pet.B.The impression of a cat with a rope around its neck appears on a wall of the burned-out house.C.The wife brings home new animals for the narrator because she knows he is an animal lover.D.The narrator calmly decides to hide the body of his wife inside the wall of the cellar.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which events happen first in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"?A.The narrator kills his wife in a fit of anger and hides her body within the walls of the cellar.B.The narrator says he will die the following day as a consequence of his actions.C.The narrator relates information about his childhood and the happy early years of his marriage.D.The narrator finds a second cat in a tavern and decides to bring it home with him.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

In "The Black Cat," what happens after the narrator's character undergoes "a radical alteration for the worse"?A.He begins killing other animals in the neighborhood.B.He starts abusing his wife and favorite cat, Pluto.C.He tries to kill his wife by burning down the house.D.He feels guilty and tells his wife that he killed the cat.

What superstition does the narrator's wife believe?A.That walking under a ladder is dangerousB.That cats are witches in disguiseC.That the number 13 is evilD.That black cats bring bad luck

"The Black Cat." What technique does Poe use to build suspense in this first paragraph of the story?But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburden my soul. My immediate purpose is to place before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment, a series of mere household events. In their consequences, these events have terrified have tortured have destroyed me.Edgar Allan Poe, "The Black Cat"A.Word ChoiceB.PersonificationC.ForeshadowingD.RepetitionSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

In "The Black Cat", what is the name of the narrator's first cat?AVenusBMercuryCSaturnDPluto