The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe Name Date
1. In how many ways did the man think of getting rid of the corpse?
2. How did he end up doing it?
3. What was the first thing he wanted to do after hiding the body?
4. Why did he also want to kill the cat?
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6. How did the man react to the presence of the police?
7. How did he betray himself near the policemen?
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9. Whose was the voice inside the walls?
10. What does the second cat of the story symbolize?
11. From where is the narrator telling the story?

12. What types of conflict did you find in the story? Give an example of each.
13. How does the author use imagery to sustain tension in the story?
14. How is the narrator unreliable?
15. How might the story be different if it were told from third person POV instead of first person POV?