Suspense is created by

describing what the narrator did before the murder

Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?

He thinks they are making fun of him

Why is it ironic that the old man fears robbers?

He needs to be worried about the people inside, not out

We know the narrator is unreliable when he

says he is sane, but describes how cleverly he hid the body

Dashes are used to show a pause or a break in thought. Poe uses them in his story to show

that the narrator is irrational

The story shows situational irony when the

narrator reveals that he committed murder

Why does the narrator wait a week before killing the old man?

He must see the old man's eye first

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"The Tell-Tell Heart" Reading Comprehension Check

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1
Who arrives at the narrator's door at night?
The old man's dog
The police
The old man's wife
The narrator's mother
2
Suspense is created by
saying that the narrator loves the old man
describing what the narrator did before the murder
explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder
revealing ways in which the narrator is kind to the old man
3
In this sentence, "I had been too wary for that," wary means...
Vexed
Cautious
Loopy
Sleepy
4
The narrator says there are qualities he has that "mad" men do not have. What is one quality?
gets enough sleep
acts quickly
plans and documents
proceeds with caution
5
Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?
He thinks they are making fun of him
The police find the old man's body
The police accuse him of murder
He thinks the police are trying to kill him
6
How does the narrator say he feels about the old man in the story?
He is creeped out by him.
He loves him
He is glad they are neighbors
He is a bad neighbor
7
Why is it ironic that the old man fears robbers?
He has never been robbed
He has been robbed before
He needs to be worried about the people inside, not out
He is a robber
8
Poe uses all of the following devices to create suspense except
irony
dialect
symbolism
imagery
9
Why does he kill the old man?
His creepy eye bothers him
It is an accident
The narrator is a serial killer
He is too noisy at night
10
We know the narrator is unreliable when he
explains that he did not kill the man for his money
says he is sane, but describes how cleverly he hid the body
confesses that he is nervous in the beginning
describes his movements on the night of the murder
11
Dashes are used to show a pause or a break in thought. Poe uses them in his story to show
that the narrator is actually sane
that the narrator is irrational
that the old man is scared
that the narrator is confident
12
What does the narrator say that his disease has done to him?
sharpened his senses
turned him into a murderer
caused him to lie
made him nervous
13
In the story, "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe, the word "vexed" means...
Inconsolable
Bothered
Joyful
Frantic
14
"...a single dim ray, like the thread of a spider..." is an example of
irony
a metaphor
a simile
personification
15
"He had the eye of a vulture--a pale blue eye with a film over it" is an example of
a simile
dialect
imagery
irony
16
The story shows situational irony when the
narrator reveals that he committed murder
old man is revealed to be alive
narrator hides the old man’s body
narrator cuts the old man’s body apart
17
Why does the narrator wait a week before killing the old man?
feels guilty about taking a human life
He must see the old man's eye first
waits for the darkest night of the week
likes frightening the old man repeatedly
18
The vulture eye symbolizes
the narrator's sagacity
the narrator's insanity
the old man's eye
the narrator's sanity
19
"...Death, in approaching him, had stalked him with is black shadow..." is an example of
personification
irony
a metaphor
a simile
20
The beating heart symbolizes
the old man's heart
the narrator's guilt
the narrator's insanity
the narrator's sanity

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