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

He must see the old man's eye first

We know the narrator is unreliable when he

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

The vulture eye symbolizes

the narrator's insanity and evil

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

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

He thinks they are making fun of him

The story shows situational irony when the

narrator reveals that he committed murder

Suspense is created by

describing what the narrator did before the murder

Why is it ironic that the old man fears robbers?

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

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

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