Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this story.
which quotation from "the black cat" best supports the inference that even though the narrator explains how the image of the cat appears after the fire, he does not wholly believe it?
a. “for months i could not rid myself of the phantasm of the cat; …”
b. “although i thus readily accounted to my reason,…it did not the less fail to make a deep impression upon my fancy.”
c. “when i first beheld this apparition—for i could scarcely regard it as less—my wonder and my terror were extreme.”
d. “i went so far as to regret the loss of the animal,…”

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.