Question

Read this passage from "The Black Cat":This hideous murder accomplished, I set myself forthwith, and with entire deliberation, to the task of concealing the body. I knew that I could not remove it from the house, either by day or by night, without the risk of being observed by the neighbors. Many projects entered my mind.What can the reader infer about the narrator from the businesslike tone of this passage?A. That he is a clever and highly intelligent manB. That he is without morals and possibly insaneC. That he can set aside his emotions and get the job doneD. That he is a good person caught up in a bad situation

Answer 1

B just took the test.

Answer 2

In this passage from "The Black Cat", by Edgar Allan Poe, what the reader can infer about the narrator from the businesslike tone of this passage is B. That he is without morals and possibly insane. The tone is the attitude the writer takes toward the subject. In this case, the businesslike tone when the narrator refers to the murder and the concealing of the body makes the reader feel that he has no regret for what he has done and so he can be a man without morals and probably insane.