Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart."
I smiled, for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen
welcome. The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream.
The old man, I mentioned, was absent in the country. I
took my visitors all over the house. I bade them search
-search well. I led them, at length, to his chamber. I
showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the
enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the
room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues,
while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect
triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot
beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.
The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced
them. I was singularly at ease. They sat, and while I
answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things.
Read the excerpt from "The Black Cat."
Which statement best compares these two excerpts?
O The arrival of the police officers adds a supernatural
element to the narratives.
O The arrival of the police officers increases the
tension and suspense in the narratives.
O The arrival of the police officers increases the
element of horror in the narratives.
O The arrival of the police officers adds an
unexplained event to the narratives.