This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In paragraph 1, the narrator says that one of his senses is especially sharp. Which sense is it? A) Taste. B) Hearing. C) Touch. D) Vision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hearing. 2. Point of view is A) The author's opinion. B) The author's perspective of a story. C) Who the narrator is. D) The reader's opinion or perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's perspective of a story. 3. Which fiction term means the qualities, attitudes, and values of a character? A) Characters. B) Traits. C) Characterization. D) Motives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traits. 4. Who is the author of this short story? A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Miss Hernandez. C) James Lawson. D) Isidro Dela Cruz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allen Poe. 5. In the story, the narrator hears the beating of his victim's heart through the floor. What is the intended impact of this event? A) It provides a moment of relief as the reader knows the old man is alive. B) It illustrates the rising tension of the narrator's guilt about his actions. C) It acknowledges that the police know what the narrator has done all along. D) It foreshadows the likelihood that the narrator will also be murdered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It illustrates the rising tension of the narrator's guilt about his actions. 6. What is the mood created by the use of imagery and symbolism in both stories? A) Happy. B) Suspenseful. C) Sad. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspenseful. 7. What does the word 'acuteness' mean in the context of the story? A) Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception; sensitive. B) Ridicule, contempt, or derision; subject of laughter. C) To give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of. D) Deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture with one's hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception; sensitive. 8. Whos is the author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" ? A) Martin Luther King. B) Jay Z. C) Edgar Allen Poe. D) Lebron James. E) King Henry 8th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edgar Allen Poe. 9. What is the synonym for 'wise or shrewd'? A) Naive. B) Sagacious. C) Foolish. D) Intelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagacious. 10. Faking A) Concealment. B) Foresight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 11. Definition:to not do something A) Refrained. B) Sagacity. C) Waned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrained. 12. Disassemble A) Conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs. B) Solve a hard problem. C) Come to an agreement with a nemesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs. 13. My sister ..... into my room so she could steal my favorite blouse. A) Blathered. B) Stifled. C) Skulked. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skulked. 14. That day, I decided to get an after-school job. Nina asked, "What can you do, Lia?""Maybe I'll apply as a math tutor, " I replied.When I told my parents, my dad said, "We want you to keep your grades up, so don't overload yourself."When I applied for the job, Mr. Avalon, my math teacher, seemed pleased with my choice.Through whose eyes do you see these events? A) Lia's. B) Lia's Father. C) Mr. Avalon's. D) Nina's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lia's. 15. A pie chart showing poll results A) Distinctness. B) Concealment. C) Over-acuteness. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distinctness. 16. What is the relationship between the narrator and the old man? A) Father and son. B) Unknown. C) Neighbors. D) Co-workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unknown. 17. Above all, the sense of hearing is acute. What does "acute" mean? A) Good looking. B) Annoying. C) Sharp. D) Bold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sharp. 18. What is the definition of dissimulation? A) To conceal or hide what one is not happy about. B) To be within a situation that imitates what is real. C) To pretend and deceive. D) To conceal or hide one's thoughts, feelings, or character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To conceal or hide one's thoughts, feelings, or character. 19. In a brave manner A) Courageously. B) Cowardly. C) Vexed. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Courageously. 20. Match the definition:Showing restraint. A) Stifled. B) Mortal. C) Pitied. D) Stealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stifled. ← 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