This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the tone of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? A) Suspenseful and intense. B) Boring and uneventful. C) Calm and peaceful. D) Humorous and lighthearted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspenseful and intense. 2. It has welled up from deep within my own chest. A) Scared. B) Proper. C) Intense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intense. 3. Which of the following terms describes the uneasy feeling a reader gets when they aren't sure what is going to happen next? A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspense. 4. Urged, compelled A) Concealment. B) Sagacity. C) Awe. D) Bade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bade. 5. A strange noise that awakes you will have you doing this A) Audacity. B) Hearkening. C) Foresight. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hearkening. 6. Thoughtful regard for the future A) Waned. B) Bade. C) Foresight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foresight. 7. The ship bobbed up and down, back and forth, in the stormy sea. Waves crashed over its sides again and again. Some crew members struggled to take down the sails, which flapped uncontrollably in the high wind. Others worked on deck, furiously bailing water over the side to keep the ship afloat.The setting of this passage creates a mood of ..... A) Peacefulness. B) Anger. C) Dreaminess. D) Wildness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wildness. 8. Ridicule; mockery A) Disassemble. B) Acute. C) Waned. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derision. 9. Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate A) Enveloped. B) Unperceived. C) Fastening. D) Stifle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stifle. 10. Behave unnaturally or affectedly A) Dormant. B) Disassemble. C) Belligerent. D) Coalition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disassemble. 11. Awe means ..... A) Loving someone. B) Being in pain. C) Being loud. D) Feelings of wonder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feelings of wonder. 12. What is a round character? A) A character that we know a lot about. He/She has a lot of character traits. B) A character we only know a little bit about. He/She doesnt have a lot of character traits. C) A character that stays the same throughout the story. There is no change. D) A character that changes throughout the story. We see a big change in this character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A character that we know a lot about. He/She has a lot of character traits. 13. Infer the meaning of bear in the following: "I could bear it no more. I felt I must scream or die." A) In a regular and even manner. B) A great and painful feeling of fear or shock. C) Willfully causing pain or suffering to others. D) To be deal with something that is upsetting or annoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be deal with something that is upsetting or annoying. 14. If you refrain, you ..... A) Speed up. B) Hold back. C) Continue at a normal pace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hold back. 15. Which vocabulary word means to speak in a chatty or talkative manner? A) Loquacious. B) Undulate. C) Concealment. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loquacious. 16. What word means an uncertain belief? A) Supposition. B) Sagacity. C) Concealment. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supposition. 17. When the audience knows something that a character does not know. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Verbal Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic Irony. 18. To excite, exercise or move to action A) Scantlings. B) Stimulate. C) Disassemble. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimulate. 19. I talked more quickly-more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. What does the word "vehemently" mean in the above sentence? A) I was talking in a charming and smooth way. B) I was talking in a very passionate manner. C) I was being sharp and direct. D) I was being bold and daring with the way I was speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was talking in a very passionate manner. 20. Which of the following is the best definition of derision A) Being tense. B) To feel superior. C) To be contemt and ridicule. D) To have more power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be contemt and ridicule. ← 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