The Tell Tale Heart Question Preview (ID: 48588)
November 1, 2019 Assessment Review.
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The words appease or calm would be correct antonyms for which of the following vocabulary terms?
a) audacity
b) placate
c) derision
d) vex
Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man on the first night?
a) there was someone else in the house
b) the old man was not asleep by midnight on the first night
c) he did not have the courage on the first night
d) the eye was closed
What had the madness done for the narrator's senses?
a) sharpened them
b) destroyed them
c) dulled them
d) nothing
During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he act towards him?
a) it never says
b) cruel
c) kind
d) indifferent
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
Which of the following words means the opposite of vehemently.
a) unemotionally
b) passionately
c) fervently
d) lovely
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
The sound that drives the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” to confess is
a) created by the police to trap the narrator.
b) coming from the neighbors next door.
c) possibly the narrator's heart pounding.
d) a shutter beating rhythmically in the wind.
In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” why do the officers stay after they search the house and find nothing suspicious?
a) to have breakfast with the narrator
b) to search the room more carefully
c) to wait for their superior officer
d) to talk further with the narrator
Why does the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” cast a beam of light on the old man's face?
a) to look at the old man's eye
b) to shock the old man
c) to make his way over to the bed
d) to reassure te old man.
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 groans.
c) The old man's groan sounds like the wind blowing, a sound the narrator often hears.
d) The old man often has disturbing dreams.
Why does the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” greet the old man so heartily every morning?
a) because he really cares for him
b) out of habit
c) because he is a cheerful fellow
d) to reassure the old man
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 is armed.
b) He seems unconcerned.
c) He wakes up and asks who is there.
d) He invites the man to sit down and talk.
Expressing ridicule or contempt can be called
a) attention
b) derision
c) revision
d) distinctness
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) The neighbor hears a shriek.
d) He wants to be rewarded for the intelligence of his murder plan.
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
Where does the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” hide the old man's body?
a) in a grave in the backyard
b) in a closet
c) under a pile of blankets
d) under the floorboards
In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” why does a neighbor call the police to the house?
a) He heard a shriek.
b) He heard a loud, repetitive thumping.
c) He saw the murder through a window.
d) He saw the murder in a dream.
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.
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
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