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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which detail should be included in a summary of the story?The narrator murders the old man.The Old Man was snoring when the narrator crept in to his room.The officers chatted about familiar things.The narrator is male. - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich line foreshadows the Old Man's fate?The narrator says the eye is pale blue with a film over it.The narrator claims not to have touched the Old Man's gold.The narrator says that the Old Man comforting himself was, "All in vain."The narrator says that he can hear the Old Man's heart.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best describes the narrator?He is an old man with a sickly eye.He is a kind man who keeps ravens as pets.A madman obsessed with another man's sickly eyeHe is a lonely man without any friends.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhy is it important that the officers stay so long in the house?to show how friendly they are.to characterize the them as bad at their jobs.to provide enough time for the Old Man's body to decompose.to provide enough time for the narrator to become upset and confess.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHow does the narrator kill the Old Man?He smothers him.He stabs him.He shoots him.He drowns him.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat causes the neighbor to alert the police?The neighbor heard a loud "thump."The neighbor heard a dog barking.The neighbor heard a shriek in the night.The Old Man had been missing for a week.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the narrator really hear at the end of the story?A watch tickingHis own heartbeatThe old man's heartbeatThe police laughing at him.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the mood of a story?It is the way in which an author says something.It is the atmosphere or feeling of the story.It is the emotional state of the main character.It is the emotional state of the author.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following DOES NOT create mood in a story?word choiceimagerysettingcharacter choice
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of irony is heavily used in this story?situational ironydramatic ironyverbal ironyno irony was used
- 11. Multiple ChoiceExtra Credit: Edgar Allan Poe is the author of all of the following EXCEPT...The RavenThe Black CatThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Monkey's Paw
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