The Black Cat Quizzes

The Black Cat Quiz 1

1 The narrator calls his story "wild" but
docile

homely

exciting

witty
2 What will happen the day after the narrator gives his account?
He gets out of prison

He will try to escape

He will be put to death

He goes on trial
3 The narrator describes what happened as a series of
mistakes

trials and tribulations

ebbs and flows

household events
4 When he was younger, the narrator was known for his
intelligence

wit

strength

warm heart
5 Whom/what did the narrator like a great deal in his youth?
Flowers

The elderly

Animals

Children
6 The narrator and his wife have all the following pets except
a ferret

rabbits

a small monkey

a gold-fish
7 The first black cat
is pure black

has a white patch of fur

is unpleasant

comes with only one eye
8 What is the first cat's name?
Plato

Caesar

Zeus

Pluto
9 The narrator calls his disease
depression

insanity

alcohol

anxiety
10 What is the first act of violence the narrator commits on the cat?
Shoots at it

Hangs it

Hits it

Cuts its eye out
11 How does Pluto behave after the narrator takes his eye?
Terrified

Vengeful

Loving

Indifferent
12 What is "one of the primitive impulses of the human heart"?
Despair

Perverseness

Mania

Depravity
13 How does the narrator kill Pluto?
Shoots it

Throws it into a fire

Hangs it

Strangles it
14 What happens the night the narrator kills the cat?
He gets drunk

He finds a new cat

A fire burns down his house

He kills his wife as well
15 What is the only thing left in the ruins of the house?
A book

A piece of furniture

A document

A wall
16 The indent on the plaster wall is of a/an
gallows

devil

eye

cat
17 How does the narrator think the cat imprint got on the wall?
His wife must have done it

Magic

Someone threw the body in

The work of the devil
18 After the first cat has been gone for awhile,
the narrator decides to try and raise it from the dead

the narrator realizes he never wants another pet

the narrator never thinks about it again

the narrator decides he wants another one
19 Where does the narrator find the second cat?
In the street

In the garden

At his house

At a bar
20 What is different about the second cat?
It has a patch of white fur

It is orange

It has two eyes

It is mean
21 How does the narrator come to feel about the second cat?
He is indifferent to it

He tolerates it

He likes it better than the first

He loathes it
22 How does the second cat treat the narrator?
It prefers his wife

It leaves him alone

It follows him wherever he goes

It constantly attacks him
23 What does the narrator see in the white patch of fur?
A devil

A cross

A gallows

An eye
24 The second cat does all the following except
runs between his legs and almost trips him

sits on the narrator while he sleeps

eats food from his hand

jumps on him to be pet
25 What kind of thoughts become the narrator's constant companion?
Depressed

Evil

Insane

Reasonable