This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The burglar skulked around the store to find the most expensive items to steal. A) Shrank; got smaller. B) Tiptoed. C) Stunk. D) Lurk; hide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lurk; hide. 2. Ridicule or laughter A) Vex. B) Derision. C) Stifled. D) Crevice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derision. 3. Sound judgement A) Sagacity. B) Reposed. C) Derision. D) Over-acuteness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sagacity. 4. The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Verbal Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 5. Showing mental illness A) Seized. B) Mad. C) Hideous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mad. 6. What does the term 'courageously' mean in the story? A) To form an idea; think. B) A person or thing that preys, esp. greedily or unscrupulously. C) Possessing or characterized by courage; brave. D) Having deep insight or understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Possessing or characterized by courage; brave. 7. Waned A) To grow gradually less. B) Small quantities or amounts. C) Gracefulness, politeness. D) Urged, compelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To grow gradually less. 8. Dull means ..... A) Becoming less intense. B) Brightening up something. C) Effortless. D) Extreme anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Becoming less intense. 9. ..... :enough::loud:noisy A) Sufficient. B) Acute. C) Profound. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sufficient. 10. Find the definition of:profound A) Shallow. B) Superficial. C) Heartfelt. D) Showing great understanding or knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Showing great understanding or knowledge. 11. Which word is a synonym for envelop? A) Surround. B) Wisdom. C) Attitude. D) Literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surround. 12. Refrained "Though furious, he refrained from action." A) (Def.) Sharp. B) (Def.) Disturbed. C) (Def.) Intelligence and good judgment. D) (Def.) Held back. E) (Def.) Without success or results. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (Def.) Held back. 13. The speaker said his sense of hearing was ..... A) Vex. B) Acute. C) Audacity. D) Refrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acute. 14. To move quickly, speedy, hurriedly A) Disheveled. B) Hastily. C) Alibi. D) Furious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hastily. 15. SCANTLING A) ABILITY TO MAKE GOOD JUDGEMENTS. B) CRAZY. C) A GREETING. D) A PIECE OF WOOD; JOIST. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A PIECE OF WOOD; JOIST. 16. Where did the narrator dismember the body? A) In the room. B) The tub. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tub. 17. The events that make up a story are part of the story's A) Force. B) Setting. C) Action. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plot. 18. Definition of definitiveness: A) Serving to define or identify as distinct from others. B) (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. C) A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall. D) A piece of lumber of small cross section. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serving to define or identify as distinct from others. 19. My young brother likes to ..... on about trains and cars. A) Blather. B) Vex. C) Skulk. D) Agape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blather. 20. Scratched A) Creaked. B) Thrust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creaked. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesThe Tell Tale Heart Quiz 1The 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books