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

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

"The Black Cat," by Edgar Allan Poe. Then answer the question.In the passage, why does the narrator slowly build up to the moment he kills the cat?A.To set a matter-of-fact toneB.To foreshadow future eventsC.To set up a flashbackD.To create suspense

"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

What does Poe's use of the internal first-person point of view in "The Black Cat" call into question for the reader?A.The time period in which the events take placeB.The reason why he is telling the story to the readerC.The accuracy of the narrator's account of eventsD.The relationship between the narrator and his wifeSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

At what point in the story does the falling action of "The Black Cat" appear?A.Immediately after the climaxB.Immediately before the climaxC.At the beginning of the storyD.Near the end of the storySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS