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The Tell Tale Heart
Test Description: November 1, 2019 Assessment Review
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1) What is it about the old man that scares and angers the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
A
his clouded blue eye
B
his old house
C
his children
D
his pet snake
2) The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” chuckles at the old man's fear. What does this response tell you about the narrator?
A
He likes comedy.
B
He is impatient.
C
He is cruel.
D
He is tired.
3) Where does the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” hide the old man's body?
A
under the floorboards
B
under a pile of blankets
C
in a closet
D
in a grave in the backyard
4) In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” why does a neighbor call the police to the house?
A
He saw the murder through a window.
B
He heard a loud, repetitive thumping.
C
He heard a shriek.
D
He saw the murder in a dream.
5) What does the narrator start to think he hears as “The Tell-Tale Heart” progresses?
A
the roar of the ocean
B
the sounds of neighbors
C
a heart beating
D
the old man's increasingly loud groans
6) Why does the narrator finally confess to the murder?
A
He wants to shock the police officer.
B
He thinks the officers hear the heartbeat and are mocking him.
C
He wants to be rewarded for the intelligence of his murder plan.
D
The neighbor hears a shriek.
7) Expressing ridicule or contempt can be called
A
revision
B
derision
C
distinctness
D
attention
8) Why does the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” greet the old man so heartily every morning?
A
to reassure the old man
B
out of habit
C
because he is a cheerful fellow
D
because he really cares for him
9) In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” what is different about the old man's reaction to the narrator's intrusion on the eighth night?
A
He seems unconcerned.
B
He wakes up and asks who is there.
C
He is armed.
D
He invites the man to sit down and talk.
10) Why does the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” cast a beam of light on the old man's face?
A
to reassure te old man.
B
to make his way over to the bed
C
to shock the old man
D
to look at the old man's eye
11) Why does the sound of the old man's groan in the middle of the night sound familiar to the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
A
The narrator himself has groaned in terror in the night.
B
The old man often has disturbing dreams.
C
The old man often groans.
D
The old man's groan sounds like the wind blowing, a sound the narrator often hears.
12) In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” why do the officers stay after they search the house and find nothing suspicious?
A
to talk further with the narrator
B
to have breakfast with the narrator
C
to search the room more carefully
D
to wait for their superior officer
13) The sound that drives the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” to confess is
A
possibly the narrator's heart pounding.
B
a shutter beating rhythmically in the wind.
C
created by the police to trap the narrator.
D
coming from the neighbors next door.
14) Which of the following words means the opposite of vehemently.
A
passionately
B
fervently
C
lovely
D
unemotionally
15) Which word would be used correctly in the following sentence? - So I opened it - you cannot imagine how ____________.
A
audacity
B
vehemently
C
stealthily
D
hypocritical
16) The words appease or calm would be correct antonyms for which of the following vocabulary terms?
A
vex
B
audacity
C
derision
D
placate
17) Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man on the first night?
A
there was someone else in the house
B
the eye was closed
C
he did not have the courage on the first night
D
the old man was not asleep by midnight on the first night
18) What had the madness done for the narrator's senses?
A
sharpened them
B
dulled them
C
nothing
D
destroyed them
19) During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he act towards him?
A
kind
B
it never says
C
indifferent
D
cruel
20) What was the low, dull, quick sound that the narrator heard?
A
the old man's heartbeat
B
his watch
C
his own heartbeat
D
the clock
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