Click to read the passage from "the black cat," by edgar allan poe. then
answer the question.
how does this passage create suspense?
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a. the narrator admits to being crazy but sounds like he is making
sense.
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b. the narrator confesses to having been the victim of a crime, but
the reader does not know which one.
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c. the narrator admits to making up his story, and the reader wants
to know more
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d. the narrator declares that he will die but the reader does not know
why

Read the excerpt from the code book. without much hope of a theoretical breakthrough, cryptanalysts have been forced to look for a technological innovation. if there is no obvious way to reduce the number of steps required for factoring, then cryptanalysts need a technology that will perform these steps more quickly. silicon chips will continue to get faster as the years pass, doubling in speed roughly every eighteen months, but this is not enough to make a real impact on the speed of factoring—cryptanalysts require a technology that is billions of times faster than current computers. consequently, cryptanalysts are looking toward a radically new form of computer, the quantum computer. if scientists could build a quantum computer, it would be able to perform calculations with such enormous speed that it would make a modern supercomputer look like a broken abacus. the author’s purpose in this paragraph is to convince the readers to pursue a career in analysis. explain the need for faster technology in cryptanalysis. entertain with interesting stories about supercomputers. argue for more money to develop a quantum computer.