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The Black Cat Class Activity August 6th

The document lists 16 questions about "The Black Cat" story that probe key plot points like the narrator's mental state, his treatment of his pets, the fire that occurred, and his ultimate crimes and fate. It seeks to understand the genre and themes of the story by asking about specific events and how the narrator's feelings changed over time.

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The Black Cat Class Activity August 6th

The document lists 16 questions about "The Black Cat" story that probe key plot points like the narrator's mental state, his treatment of his pets, the fire that occurred, and his ultimate crimes and fate. It seeks to understand the genre and themes of the story by asking about specific events and how the narrator's feelings changed over time.

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The Black Cat Questions

1. How does the writer start the story?


2. How did the writer consider himself at the beginning of the story?
3. What pet did he and his wife own?
4. What was the decease that he suffered?
5. What did he do with the first cat?
6. What happened in the fire?
7. How did the writer feel about the deeds that happened in the fire days later?
8. How did he find the second cat?
9. What details did he find in the second cat’s appearance?
10. What feelings and thoughts did the writer start to feel about the second cat?
11. Can you describe what happened in the cellar?
12. What did he determine to do with his wife’s body?
13. How did the police realize about his crime?
14. Did he entomb the cat along his wife’s body?
15. Was he guilty of the murder in the end? Or was he a victim of his madness? What do you think?
16. What genre and subgenre do you think this story belongs?

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