Test Your Knowledge


1	Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his:
		A)	Fiction and poetry
		B)	Drama
		C)	Visual Art
		D)	Nonfiction
		E)	Satire


2	In "The Black Cat," the narrator attempts to kill:
		A)	One cat
		B)	Two cats
		C)	His wife
		D)	His mother-in-law
		E)	His wife and two cats


3	Who or what gives away what the narrator has done?
		A)	Pluto
		B)	His wife
		C)	The second cat
		D)	The police lieutenant
		E)	A neighbor


4	When they visit the narrator's home, the police
		A)	Think that he is imagining the crime
		B)	Knock down the wall and discover the hideous truth
		C)	Arrest him and force him to confess
		D)	Require him to knock down the wall
		E)	Believe that he was possessed by Pluto


5	Poe's work is known for its tendency to be:
		A)	uplifting
		B)	political
		C)	macabre
		D)	satirical
		E)	lyrical

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