The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 18 (20 MCQs)

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1. Definition of crevice:

Correct Answer: A) A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall.

2. Define the word muffled

Correct Answer: D) Not loud because the sound is being covered.

3. Dulled

Correct Answer: A) Slowed.

4. What is a synonym for 'Scantlings'?

Correct Answer: C) Joist.

5. Which word means 'causing or liable to cause death'?

Correct Answer: D) Lethal.

6. Define the phrase in vain

Correct Answer: C) Without success.

7. To hide under false/fake appearance

Correct Answer: A) Concealment.

8. Being enough of what is needed

Correct Answer: A) Sufficient.

9. Foresight

Correct Answer: A) Thoughtful regard for the future.

10. What is the point of view used in 'The Cone' when the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character?

Correct Answer: D) Third person limited.

11. Which of the following terms best describes the feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for the reader?

Correct Answer: A) Mood.

12. What did the narrator claim was the reason for his acute senses?

Correct Answer: A) A disease.

13. The amount of wood was not ..... to start the fire

Correct Answer: C) Sufficient.

14. What does the word VEHEMENTLY mean?

Correct Answer: A) In an intense, passionate, or forceful manner.

15. Done with excessive speed or urgency

Correct Answer: B) Dreadfully.

16. What did the narrator do with the body?

Correct Answer: B) Dismembered it and hid the parts.

17. Which word is a synonym for conceive?

Correct Answer: A) Imagine.

18. Why were the police called to the house?

Correct Answer: A) Neighbors reported a scream.

19. The act of deceiving

Correct Answer: D) Dissumulation.

20. Definition:nervousness

Correct Answer: A) Anxiety.