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- 1. Multiple Choice
What has the madness done for the narrator's senses?
Nothing of note
Dulled them
Sharpened them
Destroyed them
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was the reason the narrator killed the old man?
He wants the old man's money
He hates the old man's clouded blue eye
He is tired of the old man's complaints
He wants the house to himself
- 3. Multiple Choice
During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he react towards him?
Cruel
Kind
Indifferent
It never says
- 4. Multiple Choice
How long did it take the narrator to place his head into the door so that he could see the old man?
An hour and a half
A half hour
An hour
45 minutes
- 5. Multiple Choice
For how many nights did the narrator look in upon the old man?
8
6
4
10
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man on the first night?
There was someone else in the house
The eye was closed
He didn't have the courage on the first night
The old man wasn't asleep by midnight on the first night
- 7. Multiple Choice
What did the narrator do by accident-- as a result waking the old man?
He sneezed
HIs thumb slipped on the lantern
He slipped and fell
He coughed
- 8. Multiple Choice
What did the old man cry out when awakened?
"Who is this?"
"What was that?"
"Who's there?"
"Is anyone there?"
- 9. Multiple Choice
What was the low, dull, quick sound that the narrator heard?
The clock
Knocking on the door
The old man's heartbeat
His watch
- 10. Multiple Choice
The beating grew louder-- what was the new anxiety that seized the narrator at this point?
Someone coming into the house to investigate the noise?
There was no anxiety at this time
The noise waking up the old man
The sound being heard by neighbors
- 11. Multiple Choice
How many times did the old man shriek?
Three times
Twice
Once
None
- 12. Multiple Choice
After the old man was dead, what was the first thing the narrator did to conceal the body?
Threw it out
Buried it beneath the floor
Dismembered it
Burned it
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was the second thing he did to conceal the body?
Threw it out
Buried it beneath the floor
Buried it outside
Burned it
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why were the police sent to the house?
A gunshot was heard
Someone had seen the narrator
A shriek was heard
An argument was heard
- 15. Multiple Choice
And finally, what was it (according to the narrator) that made him confess to the crime?
The policeman's heartbeat
The police suspected him
His ears began to ring
The old man's heartbeat
- 16. Multiple Choice
Throughout the story, the narrator is gradually taken over by:
Headaches
Fears for his life
Greed
His madness
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