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What is the name of the first cat in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"?
AChaos
BPluto✓
CShadow
DMidnight
Rationale
The narrator's cherished first cat is named Pluto, after the Roman god of the underworld. The narrator's harsh treatment and ultimate killing of Pluto trigger the tragic and guilt-laden events that follow in the story.
What name does the narrator assign to the second black cat he adopts to take Pluto’s place?
APluto
BThe cat has no name✓
CMidnight
DShadow The narrator does not give the second black cat a name, enhancing the cat's unsettling, almost supernatural presence in the story.
What is the name of the narrator's first black cat in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"?
APluto✓
BApollo
CMorpheus
DErebus
Rationale
The narrator's cherished first black cat is named Pluto, drawing from the Roman god of the underworld. As the narrator spirals into alcoholism and violence, he tragically harms and eventually kills Pluto, triggering the story's dark events.