The Black Cat Quizzes

The Black Cat Quiz 1

1 The narrator calls his story "wild" but
witty

homely

docile

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

He will be put to death

He goes on trial

He will try to escape
3 The narrator describes what happened as a series of
ebbs and flows

mistakes

household events

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

strength

intelligence

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

Animals

Children

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

a gold-fish

a ferret

a small monkey
7 The first black cat
has a white patch of fur

is pure black

comes with only one eye

is unpleasant
8 What is the first cat's name?
Zeus

Caesar

Plato

Pluto
9 The narrator calls his disease
anxiety

depression

alcohol

insanity
10 What is the first act of violence the narrator commits on the cat?
Hangs it

Hits it

Cuts its eye out

Shoots at it
11 How does Pluto behave after the narrator takes his eye?
Indifferent

Loving

Terrified

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

Mania

Perverseness

Depravity
13 How does the narrator kill Pluto?
Throws it into a fire

Shoots it

Strangles it

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

He gets drunk

He kills his wife as well

He finds a new cat
15 What is the only thing left in the ruins of the house?
A book

A piece of furniture

A wall

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

eye

cat

devil
17 How does the narrator think the cat imprint got on the wall?
Magic

His wife must have done it

Someone threw the body in

The work of the devil
18 After the first cat has been gone for awhile,
the narrator realizes he never wants another pet

the narrator decides he wants another one

the narrator decides to try and raise it from the dead

the narrator never thinks about it again
19 Where does the narrator find the second cat?
In the garden

At a bar

In the street

At his house
20 What is different about the second cat?
It is mean

It has a patch of white fur

It has two eyes

It is orange
21 How does the narrator come to feel about the second cat?
He likes it better than the first

He tolerates it

He is indifferent to it

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

It constantly attacks him

It leaves him alone

It follows him wherever he goes
23 What does the narrator see in the white patch of fur?
A devil

An eye

A gallows

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?
Evil

Reasonable

Insane

Depressed