Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
20 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is it about the old man that bothers the narrator?His personalityHis faceHis homeHis eye
- 2. Multiple Choice
The author builds suspense by--
not revealing what the crime will be
having the narrator watch the sleeping victim for seven nights in a row.
having the narrator explain how clever he is
describing what is done with the victim's body
- 3. Multiple Choice
It is difficult to believe the narrator when he says that he
opened the creaky lantern carefully
heard the old man groan in the dark
treated the old man well before killing him
moved slowly to keep from waking the old man
- 4. Multiple Choice
How is the narrator's sense of hearing important to the story?
He hears the police coming
The sound of the heartbeat pushes the narrator to kill and confess
The sound of the heartbeat allows him to plan carefully, very carefully.
He believes the heartbeat calms him.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which detail should be included in a summary of the story?
The narrator murders the old man.
The old man was sleeping when the narrator crept in to his room.
The officers chatted about familiar things.
The narrator is kind to the man
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why is it important that the officers stay so long in the house?
to show the reader how friendly they are.
to allow the reader to characterize them as lazy.
to provide enough time for the old man's body to decompose.
to provide enough time for the narrator to become upset and confess.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What event causes the narrator to confess at the end of the story?
The constant sound of watch ticking waiting for the police to leave
The sound of his heartbeat that he believes is the dead man's
The policemen laugh and mock the narrator in his home
The neighbors heard a shriek late at night
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the central message of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
From love comes sacrifice
Guilt can drive you mad.
With murder comes joy.
Do not trust your elders.
- 9. Multiple Choice
By telling this story from the murderer's point of view, the author helps the reader
recognize the narrator's insanity
understand the old man's thoughts
compare both of the character's thoughts
understand why the police have come
- 10. Multiple Choice
The author describes the sound that narrator hears beneath the floorboards as a heartbeat. This is a symbol of what human emotion?
Happiness
Anger
Despair
Guilt
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which definition of acute is best used in the sentence?
His nervousness increased his acute sense of hearing.
1: demanding urgent attention
2: characterized by sharpness
3: experienced intensely
4: lasting a short time
1
2
3
4
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the best meaning of vehemently?
“I talked more quickly – more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased.
Passionately
Blankly
Carefully
Softly
- 13. Multiple Choice
The author most likely used the following expression to--- ?
“One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture –.”
Convey the importance of the heartbeat sound.
To compare the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.
Personifies the eye so that it becomes a human character.
Exaggerates the ugliness of the eye to influence the reader.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What appears to be the narrator's claim throughout the selection?
That he did not kill the old man
That he should not be sent to jail
That he is not mad
That the old man had o die
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which sentence best reveals the narrator's confidence?
"I smiled - for what had I to fear?"
"...I now grew very pale."
"...but the noise steadily increased."
"Why would they not be gone?"
- 16. Multiple Choice
This sentence is most likely used to reveal that the narrator---?
"And this I did for seven long nights--every night just at midnight--but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work..."
is unable to sleep at night.
is obsessed with the eye.
is eager to kill the old man.
is a rational man.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What character trait does the narrator convey through this sentence?
"I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle..."
intelligence
insanity
patience
cruelty
- 18. Multiple Choice
In the climax, how do the narrator's feelings contrast with the old man's?
The narrator is afraid of the old man, and the old man is cruel.
The narrator loves the old man who is angry at the narrator.
The narrator is full of rage, and the old man is full of fear.
The narrator is worried, and the old man is calm.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich excerpt from the story illustrates the mood of the paranoia?" It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain.""I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult.""Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!- no, no! They heard!- They suspected!- They knew!""I smiled, - for what had i to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome."
- 20. Multiple Choice
Through the narrator's experience, the author explores the idea of ---
those close to you can hurt you
something small can create a major conflict
a beating heart lasts forever
all sins should be confessed
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags