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

He thinks they are making fun of him

Suspense is created by

describing what the narrator did before the murder

We know the narrator is unreliable when he

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

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

He must see the old man's eye first

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

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"The Tell-Tell Heart" Reading Comprehension Check

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1
Poe is considered to be" the father of.........."
horror
the detective story
comedy
science fiction
2
Poe married Virginia Clemm. She was also his...
his secretary
best friend's sister
his cousin
his nurse
3
What is the overall mood?
excited
casual
hilarious
sinister
4
Who arrives at the narrator's door at night?
The old man's dog
The narrator's mother
The police
The old man's wife
5
"...a pale blue eye with a film over it." This is an example of Poe's usage of.....
irony
dialogue
imagery/descriptive language
foreshadowing
6
During his lifetime, which was Poe's greatest literary success?
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Raven
The Black Cat
The Pit and the Pendulum
7
Which person in Poe's life died when he was very young?
all of the above
his mother
his father
his brother
8
Why is the narrator upset with the police near the end of the story?
He thinks the police are trying to kill him
The police find the old man's body
He thinks they are making fun of him
The police accuse him of murder
9
"...a single dim ray, like the thread of a spider..." is an example of
irony
personification
a metaphor
a simile
10
The vulture eye symbolizes
the narrator's insanity
the narrator's sanity
the old man's eye
the narrator's sagacity
11
Suspense is created by
explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder
describing what the narrator did before the murder
saying that the narrator loves the old man
revealing ways in which the narrator is kind to the old man
12
"...Death, in approaching him, had stalked him with is black shadow..." is an example of
personification
a simile
irony
a metaphor
13
How does the narrator say he feels about the old man in the story?
He is a bad neighbor
He loves him
He is creeped out by him.
He is glad they are neighbors
14
We know the narrator is unreliable when he
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
explains that he did not kill the man for his money
15
Which of the following characteristics frequently marks Poe's writing style?
Grotesque imagery
third person point of view
short sentences
sarcasm
16
What is the narrator's tone throughout The Tell-Tale Heart?
depressed
paranoid
jovial
frightened
17
Why does the narrator wait a week before killing the old man?
likes frightening the old man repeatedly
feels guilty about taking a human life
waits for the darkest night of the week
He must see the old man's eye first
18
Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
The narrator is a serial killer
It is an accident
His creepy eye bothers him
He is too noisy at night
19
"He had the eye of a vulture--a pale blue eye with a film over it" is an example of
dialect
descriptive language
irony
a simile
20
The beating heart symbolizes
the narrator's insanity
the narrator's sanity
the old man's heart
the narrator's guilt
21
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 old man is scared
that the narrator is confident
that the narrator is irrational

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