Pretest: Unit 2 Question 17 of 24
Click to read the passage from "The Black Cat," by Edgar Allan Poe. Then
answer the question.
What is the effect of beginning a story this way?
O A. The narrator confesses to lying about the story, but the reader
wants to know why.
B. The narrator accuses someone of committing a crime against
him, but does not say which one it is,
C. The narrator makes a startling statement about which the reader
wants to know more.
D. The narrator claims to be insane but sounds rational.
SUN

In “we wear the mask,” which message is conveyed by dunbar’s repetition of the phrase “we wear the mask”?

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

Hurry 20 mins all the animals were now present except moses, the tame raven, who slept on a perch behind the back door. when major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively he cleared his throat and began: "comrades, you have heard already about the strange dream that i had last night. but i will come to the dream later. i have something else to say first. i do not think, comrades, that i shall be with you for many months longer, and before i die i feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as i have acquired. i have had a long life, i have had much time for thought as i lay alone in my stall, and i think i may say that i understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. it is about this that i wish to speak to you." which historical figure does old major most likely represent? tsar nicholas ii an imperial guard vladimir lenin joseph stalin