The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

Question 1

Where is the narrator when he finds his second black cat?

• at work
• under his bed
• his backyard
• a den of iniquity

Question 2

Which kind of animal did the narrator and his wife NOT have when they first got married?

• hamster
• rabbit
• goldfish
• monkey

Question 3

Things begin to go badly for the narrator, he says, when he becomes a victim of the Fiend

• Anger
• Greed
• Slothfulness
• Intemperance

Question 4

The narrator's first black cat's name is

• Neptune
• Venus
• Pluto
• Mars

Question 5

The narrator dislodges the bricks in the wall with

• his knife
• a sledgehammer
• an axe
• a crowbar

Question 6

Why does the narrator's wife accompany him to the cellar?

• to do a household errand
• to put something in storage
• to clean it out
• to look for the cat

Question 7

The common superstition about black cats, which his wife believes, is that they are

• witches in disguise
• bad luck
• able to cast spells
• good luck

Question 8

When the wall was knocked down, the policemen saw the black cat

• jumping out at them
• sitting on the floor
• pacing the "tomb"
• perched on the wife's head

Question 9

One night the narrator cuts his cat's

• eye
• ear
• tail
• paw

Question 10

The police arrive at the narrator's house how many days after the murder?

• one
• four
• two
• three

Question 11

A "conflagration" is a 

• flood
• large gathering of people
• great fire
• group of church-goers

Question 12

The narrator says he is going to die when?

• on Monday
• tomorrow
• tonight
• in a week