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Point of View, Reading Comprehension, Characterization and Figurative Language
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1
The narrator shows he's unreliable through which means?
Mental health
Age
Criminal behavior
Physical health
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The author creates suspense by
Revealing the ways the narrator is kind to the old man
Describing what the narrator did before the murder
Explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder
Saying that the narrator loved the old man
3
"...a watch's minute hand moves faster than mine"
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Hyperbole
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Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?
He thinks the police are trying to kill him
The police accuse him of murder
He thinks the police are making fun of him
The police find the old man's body
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What happens at the end of the story?
The narrator denies the murder
The narrator is caught
The narrator admits to the murder
The narrator gets away with murder
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What does the narrator sitting right on top of the floor boards tell us?
He is arrogant
He is fearless
He is scared
He is tired
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Another word for "derision" is
Murder
Madness
Pain
Ridicule
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What does the narrator hear while talking to the police officers?
The floor boards creaking
The neighbors whispering
The old man's heartbeat
His own heartbeat
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"One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture--a pale, blue eye, with a film over it."
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Alliteration
Irony
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"...until a single dim ray like the thread of a spider shot out & fell upon the vulture eye"
Alliteration
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
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What does stifle mean?
Smother
Shout
Surprise
Frighten
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"Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him & enveloped the victim"
Personification
Simile
Irony
Metaphor
13
What item does the narrator bring with him while spying on the old man?
A lantern
A watch
A knife
A book
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"I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him"
Irony
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
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The narrator waits a week before killing the old man because the narrator
Must see the old man's eye first
Likes frightening the old man many times
Waits for the darkest night of the week
Feels guilt about taking a human life
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Audacity means
Overwhelming terror
Scornful mockery
fierce hostility
Shameless boldness
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"It increased my fury as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage."
Metaphor
Irony
Simile
Personification
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You can evaluate the narrator's state of mind as unreliable when he
Confesses that he is nervous in the beginning of the story
Describes his movements on the night of the murder
Says he is sane, then describes how cleverly he hid the body
Explains that he did not kill the old man for his money
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What does the narrator say his disease has done to him?
Sharpened his senses
Made him nervous
Turned him into a murderer
Caused him to lie
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What are scantlings?
Attic timbers
Wood studs that support the floorboards
Wooden planks
Bed frame supports
