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Name: ______________________ 10R1 GOOD LUCK! March 19th, 2012 TEST PAPER Gothic literature – Edgar Allan Poe 1. Read the story “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe and underline the sentence/sentences which show the Initiating Action and the Climax of the story. (10 points) 2. Where is the narrator as he is telling the story? Read carefully the beginning as well as the ending of the story. (5 points) 3. What evidence can you find in the story that the narrator is unreliable? What is the effect of such a point of view? (15 points) 4. Identify the Gothic elements in the story and comment on their effect on creating an atmosphere of fear and horror. (20 points) 5. Do you think there is one black cat or two? What other unexplainable elements are there in the story? (or things that happen for no apparent reason) (15 points) 6. What similarities are there between this story and other stories by Poe that you know of? (The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, William Wilson or other stories that you know of) Can you identify any differences? (25 points) Name: ______________________ 10U2 GOOD LUCK! March 20th, 2012 TEST PAPER Gothic literature – Edgar Allan Poe 1. Read the story “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe and underline the sentence/sentences which show the Initiating Action and the Climax of the story. (10 points) 2. Where is the narrator as he is telling the story? Read carefully the beginning as well as the ending of the story. (5 points) 3. What evidence can you find in the story that the narrator is unreliable? What is the effect of such a point of view? (15 points) 4. Identify the Gothic elements in the story and comment on their effect on creating an atmosphere of fear and horror. (20 points) 5. Do you think there is one black cat or two? What other unexplainable elements are there in the story? (or things that happen for no apparent reason) (15 points) 6. What similarities are there between this story and other stories by Poe that you know of? (The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, William Wilson or other stories that you know of) Can you identify any differences? (25 points)
