This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Scantlings A) Small quantities or amounts. B) A means of hiding. C) To grow gradually less. D) Hidden under a false appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small quantities or amounts. 2. Infer the meaning of ring in the following: "My head ached and my ears seemed to ring." Clue:it is a kind of sound one's ears make when one is under stress. A) Having less colour than usual, typically as a result of shock,. B) Very loud and clear, like the sound a bell or alarm makes. C) In a regular and evenmanner. D) A great and painful feeling of fear or shock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very loud and clear, like the sound a bell or alarm makes. 3. What is a piece of lumber of small cross section? A) Acutely. B) Scantlings. C) Concealment. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scantlings. 4. Grossly offensive; causing horror A) Hideous. B) Refrain. C) Profound. D) Disassemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hideous. 5. Hearken! The King has spoken! A) Listen. B) Ignore this information. C) Come hear. D) Announcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listen. 6. Noticeably different; clearly set apart from others of its kind A) Audacity. B) Scarcely. C) Distinct. D) Hideous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distinct. 7. What did the narrator hear while opening the door? A) The old man's groan. B) The death watches in the wall. C) The sound of footsteps. D) The creaking hinges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The creaking hinges. 8. CONCEALMENT A) THINGS OF LITTLE VALUE. B) HIDING ONE'S THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, OR CHARACTER. C) MEAN AND ATTACKING. D) ABILITY TO MAKE GOOD JUDGEMENTS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HIDING ONE'S THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, OR CHARACTER. 9. The quality of being charming or polished A) Suavity. B) Vehemently. C) Profound. D) Sufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suavity. 10. Decided A) Cunningly. B) Resolved. C) Vex. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolved. 11. To suppress; to end A) Waned. B) Bade. C) Stifled. D) Foresight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stifled. 12. What is the definition of 'Hearken'? A) To ignore. B) To speak loudly. C) To listen. D) To sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To listen. 13. Ridicule A) Audacity. B) Derision. C) Gesticulations. D) Hearken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derision. 14. Which word means 'to pretend or disguise one's true feelings'? A) Expose. B) Disassemble. C) Reveal. D) Conceal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disassemble. 15. Poe is credited with inventing which type of fiction A) Comedy. B) Science fiction. C) Detective. D) Mathematical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detective. 16. How They (a character) feels Toward someone/something at that time (not always) A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Mood. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 17. Describing a quantity; just enough A) Audacity. B) Sufficient. C) Profound. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sufficient. 18. What is the definition of vex? A) To make someone feel a lot of love, especially with trivial matters. B) To make someone feel sad and lonely, especially with trivial matters. C) To make someone feel joy, especially with trivial matters. D) To make someone feel annoyed or frustrated, especially with trivial matters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make someone feel annoyed or frustrated, especially with trivial matters. 19. Importance or with great respect is ..... A) Stately. B) Placid. C) Curious. D) Surcease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stately. 20. Laughing at or making fun of A) Revolting. B) Ghastly. C) Confess. D) Fidgets. E) Mocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Mocking. Next →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesThe Tell Tale Heart Quiz 2The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 3The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 4The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 5The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 6The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 7The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 8The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 9The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books