The Black Cat Quizzes

The Black Cat Quiz 1

1 The narrator calls his story "wild" but
homely

exciting

docile

witty
2 What will happen the day after the narrator gives his account?
He will try to escape

He goes on trial

He gets out of prison

He will be put to death
3 The narrator describes what happened as a series of
household events

ebbs and flows

mistakes

trials and tribulations
4 When he was younger, the narrator was known for his
intelligence

wit

warm heart

strength
5 Whom/what did the narrator like a great deal in his youth?
The elderly

Flowers

Animals

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

a small monkey

a ferret

a gold-fish
7 The first black cat
comes with only one eye

is pure black

is unpleasant

has a white patch of fur
8 What is the first cat's name?
Plato

Pluto

Caesar

Zeus
9 The narrator calls his disease
depression

anxiety

alcohol

insanity
10 What is the first act of violence the narrator commits on the cat?
Cuts its eye out

Shoots at it

Hits it

Hangs it
11 How does Pluto behave after the narrator takes his eye?
Loving

Vengeful

Terrified

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

Perverseness

Mania

Despair
13 How does the narrator kill Pluto?
Shoots it

Hangs it

Throws it into a fire

Strangles it
14 What happens the night the narrator kills the cat?
A fire burns down his house

He gets drunk

He finds a new cat

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

A piece of furniture

A document

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

eye

gallows

cat
17 How does the narrator think the cat imprint got on the wall?
Someone threw the body in

The work of the devil

Magic

His wife must have done it
18 After the first cat has been gone for awhile,
the narrator realizes he never wants another pet

the narrator decides to try and raise it from the dead

the narrator decides he wants another one

the narrator never thinks about it again
19 Where does the narrator find the second cat?
At a bar

In the garden

At his house

In the street
20 What is different about the second cat?
It has two eyes

It is orange

It is mean

It has a patch of white fur
21 How does the narrator come to feel about the second cat?
He loathes it

He tolerates it

He likes it better than the first

He is indifferent to it
22 How does the second cat treat the narrator?
It prefers his wife

It constantly attacks him

It follows him wherever he goes

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

A gallows

An eye

A cross
24 The second cat does all the following except
eats food from his hand

jumps on him to be pet

sits on the narrator while he sleeps

runs between his legs and almost trips him
25 What kind of thoughts become the narrator's constant companion?
Depressed

Reasonable

Insane

Evil