This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Describing a quantity that can fulfill a need without being abundant; being enough A) Profound. B) Audacity. C) Acute. D) Sufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sufficient. 2. What is the literary device used in both stories to hint at future events? A) Symbolism. B) Foreshadowing. C) Imagery. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 3. Hand movements; gestures; motions made with the hands while speaking A) Disassemble. B) Gesticulations. C) Scantlings. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gesticulations. 4. How much time did the narrator spend observing the old man sleeping? A) 1 hour. B) 2 hours. C) 3 hours. D) 45 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 hour. 5. Extreme intensity of emotions or convictions. A) Vehement. B) Profound. C) Vex. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehement. 6. Which is the correct definition of tone in writing? A) The sound of the narrator's voice. B) How a writer builds suspense. C) A writer's attitude toward a place, an event, or a character. D) A kind of irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A writer's attitude toward a place, an event, or a character. 7. Boldness A) Audacity. B) Scared. C) Clever. D) Mockery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 8. Describing a person showing caution about possible dangers or problems; cautious or careful A) Dreadfully. B) Awe. C) Wary. D) Mockery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wary. 9. Which word or phrase is a synonym for the word conceive? A) Think of. B) Literally. C) Resist. D) Enfold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Think of. 10. MOCKERY A) THINK OF IN A CERTAIN WAY. B) CAUTIOUS OF DANGER. C) TEASE; MAKE FUN OF. D) LACK OF RESPECT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TEASE; MAKE FUN OF. 11. In a sly or crafty manner A) Cunningly. B) Repugnant. C) Validate. D) Travesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cunningly. 12. In the line "There came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton, " what does the "enveloped in cotton" try to make the reader feel? A) Alive. B) Trapped. C) Threatened. D) Serious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trapped. 13. Each creak of the floorboards, and corner managed to ..... me. Every creak of the floorboards, and the corner caused me ..... A) Wary. B) Distinct. C) Vex. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vex. 14. In paragraph 11, after he has pulled the bed onto the old man, how does the narrator feel about the continuing sound of the heartbeat? A) It does not bother him:he doesn't think anyone will hear it. B) It makes him nervous; he thinks it means the old man is alive. C) It doesn't worry him; he doesn't care if anyone hears it. D) It makes him sad; he is starting to feel guilty for his crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It does not bother him:he doesn't think anyone will hear it. 15. Match the definition:In a forceful passionate way. A) Vehemently. B) Mockery. C) Trifle. D) Gesticulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehemently. 16. Edgar Allan Poe was: A) A Russian mathematician. B) A French composer. C) A British painter. D) An American writer, poet, and literary critic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An American writer, poet, and literary critic. 17. Though furious, he ..... from action. A) Vexed. B) Acuted. C) Refrained. D) Waried. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrained. 18. Reach a decision A) Profound. B) Vexed. C) Conceived. D) Resolved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolved. 19. Over-acuteness A) Very keen. B) Giving careful attention. C) Small quantities or amounts. D) Gracefulness, politeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very keen. 20. Which fiction term relates to the place on a plot diagram known also as the conclusion or ending of the story? It may be partially "left open" (conflict not 100% solved) or up for interpretation. A) Resolution. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. ← 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