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The Tell Tale Heart
Test Description: This game will help you to review facts about Edgar Allan Poe and information and vocabulary from his story.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What year was E.A. Poe born?
A
1890
B
1809
C
1974
D
1985
2) Which works below were written by Edgar Allan Poe?
A
The Hunger Games Trilogy
B
Frankenstein and Death By Scrabble
C
The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven
D
The Odyssey and The Lying Heart
3) Where did Edgar Allan Poe die?
A
Baltimore
B
West Point
C
Virginia
D
New York
4) How much money did Poe's most beloved work, The Raven earn him?
A
$10,000
B
$150
C
$15
D
$185,000
5) Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?
A
touch
B
hearing
C
smell
D
sight
6) Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
A
The narrator wants his gold
B
The old man had hurt him
C
The old man's eye vexed him
D
The narrator hated the old man
7) What is the ultimate irony in the Tell-Tale Heart?
A
The narrator has a heart attack
B
The narrator has over-acuteness of the senses
C
The narrator tells on himself, giving away the murder
D
The old man kills the narrator
8) Why didn't the narrator kill the old man on the first, second, or seventh nights? Why did it take so long?
A
The old man was asleep and the eye was closed
B
The old man isn't in his bed
C
The narrator was clumsy
9) What figurative language device is used in the following line?...because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim.
A
metaphor
B
simile
C
personification
D
idiom
10) Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?
A
in the flooring
B
under the bed
C
in the closet
D
in the basement
11) What does the narrator do when he hears the anxiety-provoking sound as he's talking to the police?
A
he rushes the officers out of the room
B
he runs out of the room and cries
C
he locks the officers in the closet
D
he talks loudly and paces the floor heavily
12) Why does the narrator thin the police officers don't hear the noise?
A
he thinks that they're too far away to hear it
B
he thinks they are old and hard of hearing
C
he thinks they are too scared to say anything
D
he thinks they're mocking him by pretending not to hear it
13) Which of the following is the best meaning behind the symbolism of the beating heart heard by the narrator?
A
the old man knocking on the floorboards
B
the ticking of a pocket watch
C
the narrator's guilt
D
The raven tapping Nevermore
14) Which is the best description of the mood of the story?
A
lively
B
creepy
C
hopeful
D
cheerful
15) Vex means to...
A
easy-going, calm, peaceful
B
troubled, distressed, irritated
C
showing an excessive pride in oneself
16) derision means...
A
ridicule or mockery
B
noisy by nature
C
extremely beautiful and typically delicate
17) Concealment means...
A
in plain sight
B
give intellectual, moral, and social instruction
C
a means of hiding, to hide
18) acuteness means...
A
interpret(something or someone) wrongly
B
unequal pieces
C
very keen, serious, sharp
19) vehemently means...
A
extremely excitable
B
in a forceful manner
C
emit or cause to emit sound
20) audacity means...
A
bold courage, daring in arrogance
B
weak, scared, timid
C
radio connection
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