The Black Cat Quizzes

The Black Cat Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed March 12, 2019

1 The narrator calls his story "wild" but

docile

witty

exciting

homely
2 What will happen the day after the narrator gives his account?

He will try to escape

He gets out of prison

He will be put to death

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

trials and tribulations

household events

mistakes

ebbs and flows
4 When he was younger, the narrator was known for his

strength

wit

warm heart

intelligence
5 Whom/what did the narrator like a great deal in his youth?

Children

Flowers

Animals

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

a ferret

a small monkey

a gold-fish

rabbits
7 The first black cat

comes with only one eye

is pure black

has a white patch of fur

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

Pluto

Caesar

Plato

Zeus
9 The narrator calls his disease

depression

insanity

alcohol

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

Cuts its eye out

Hits it

Hangs it

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"?

Mania

Perverseness

Despair

Depravity
13 How does the narrator kill Pluto?

Shoots it

Hangs it

Strangles it

Throws it into a fire
14 What happens the night the narrator kills the cat?

He finds a new cat

He gets drunk

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 wall

A book

A document

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

eye

cat

gallows

devil
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 decides he wants another one

the narrator never thinks about it again

the narrator realizes he never wants another pet

the narrator decides to try and raise it from the dead
19 Where does the narrator find the second cat?

At his house

In the garden

At a bar

In the street
20 What is different about the second cat?

It has a patch of white fur

It is mean

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 loathes it

He is indifferent to it

He tolerates it
22 How does the second cat treat the narrator?

It follows him wherever he goes

It prefers his wife

It constantly attacks him

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

An eye

A devil

A gallows

A cross
24 The second cat does all the following except

eats food from his hand

jumps on him to be pet

runs between his legs and almost trips him

sits on the narrator while he sleeps
25 What kind of thoughts become the narrator's constant companion?

Evil

Depressed

Reasonable

Insane

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