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derision means...
a) noisy by nature
b) ridicule or mockery
c) extremely beautiful and typically delicate
d)

Concealment means...
a) a means of hiding, to hide
b) in plain sight
c) give intellectual, moral, and social instruction
d)

Vex means to...
a) troubled, distressed, irritated
b) easy-going, calm, peaceful
c) showing an excessive pride in oneself
d)

Which is the best description of the mood of the story?
a) cheerful
b) hopeful
c) creepy
d) lively

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

Why does the narrator thin the police officers don't hear the noise?
a) he thinks they're mocking him by pretending not 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 that they're too far away to hear it

What does the narrator do when he hears the anxiety-provoking sound as he's talking to the police?
a) he runs out of the room and cries
b) he talks loudly and paces the floor heavily
c) he rushes the officers out of the room
d) he locks the officers in the closet

Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?
a) in the basement
b) in the flooring
c) in the closet
d) under the bed

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) simile
b) metaphor
c) personification
d) idiom

Why didn't the narrator kill the old man on the first, second, or seventh nights? Why did it take so long?
a) The narrator was clumsy
b) The old man was asleep and the eye was closed
c) The old man isn't in his bed
d)

What is the ultimate irony in the Tell-Tale Heart?
a) The narrator tells on himself, giving away the murder
b) The narrator has a heart attack
c) The old man kills the narrator
d) The narrator has over-acuteness of the senses

Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
a) The old man had hurt him
b) The narrator wants his gold
c) The narrator hated the old man
d) The old man's eye vexed him

Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?
a) sight
b) hearing
c) touch
d) smell

Where did Edgar Allan Poe die?
a) New York
b) Baltimore
c) Virginia
d) West Point

How much money did Poe's most beloved work, The Raven earn him?
a) $15
b) $150
c) $10,000
d) $185,000

Which works below were written by Edgar Allan Poe?
a) The Hunger Games Trilogy
b) Frankenstein and Death By Scrabble
c) The Odyssey and The Lying Heart
d) The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven

What year was E.A. Poe born?
a) 1985
b) 1974
c) 1809
d) 1890

acuteness means...
a) interpret(something or someone) wrongly
b) unequal pieces
c) very keen, serious, sharp
d)

vehemently means...
a) emit or cause to emit sound
b) in a forceful manner
c) extremely excitable
d)

audacity means...
a) weak, scared, timid
b) radio connection
c) bold courage, daring in arrogance
d)

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