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Duplicate of The Tell-Tale Heart
Duplicate of The Tell-Tale Heart
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Use to review for an assessment on the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.
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1
Why does the narrator greet the old man heartily every morning?
To aviod suspicion
To be nice
To make him confused
He loves him
2
What type of bird did the eye remind the narrator of?
Robin
Hawk
Eagle
Vulture
3
Which vocabulary word means listening?
foresight
sagacity
hearken
bade
4
What did the eye symbolize for the narrator?
grief
madness
guilt
happiness
5
Where did the narrator set the chair he sat on while talking to police?
On the floorboard over the old man's body
In his bedroom.
In the old man's corner
In the living room.
6
The narrator sat still in the old man's room for how long before killing him?
3 hours
One hour
30 minutes
2 minutes
7
What does the narrator think of the police?
They are making small talk
They are mocking him
They have no idea what he did
They are fools.
8
When the police came to the door, how did the narrator act?
nervous
scared
angry
calm
9
At what time of night did the narrator always go to the old man's room?
12:00pm
12:00am
10:00pm
8:00pm
10
What is the primary mood presented in The Tell-Tale Heart?
Love
Fear
Anger
Happiness
11
What does the narrator think he hears that causes him to confess?
Ticking Clock
Running Water
Beating Heart
Chirping Cricket
12
A guilty conscious can get the best of a person would be an example of what literary term?
irony
motive
characterization
theme
13
What is the genre of The Tell-Tale Heart?
horror
non-fiction
autobiography
science fiction
14
How did the narrator kill the old man in the story?
stabbing
drowning
suffocating
strangling
15
Which of the narrator's five senses was strongest?
Hearing
Smell
Sight
Touch
16
What does the narrator want you to believe at the beginning of the story?
That he is mad
That he is intelligent
That he is normal
That he is dying
17
Which vocabulary words means sneakily?
foresight
bade
hearkening
stealthily
18
Which vocabulary word means to command or order?
foresight
harkening
sagacity
bade
19
What does the sound of the old man's beating heart symbolize?
Sadness
Betrayal
Fear
Guilt
20
Why did the narrator feel the need to kill the old man?
He had an evil eye
He stole from him
He hated him
He treated him mean
