This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Troubled, distressed, caused agitaion A) Derision. B) Reposed. C) Sagacity. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vexed. 2. After Carlos studied all night for the test, his teacher had the audacity to ask if he cheated. What does the word "audacity" mean in the above sentence? A) Carlos used good judgment and intelligence to pass his test. B) Carlos's teacher was annoyed that he did well on the test. C) Carlos's teacher was being cautious when she asked if Carlos cheated. D) Carlos's teacher was being too bold and daring with her accusations towards Carlos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carlos's teacher was being too bold and daring with her accusations towards Carlos. 3. What does the word 'dialect' mean? A) Restate the text in your own words. B) A way a language is spoken in a particular place or among a particular group of people. C) Final thought or judgment about something. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A way a language is spoken in a particular place or among a particular group of people. 4. His eye was a dull blue with a horrible veil over it. A) Cover. B) Hood. C) Eyelash. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cover. 5. "Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim." This is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 6. The word ..... means dramatic gestures to emphasize speech. A) Gesticulations. B) Scarcely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gesticulations. 7. Seeing ahead, knowing in advance, foreseeing A) Sanction. B) Perfunctory. C) Foresight. D) Oblivious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foresight. 8. Barely; hardly; not quite A) Scarcely. B) Supposition. C) Sagacity. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarcely. 9. Definition:smothered A) Acute. B) Stifled. C) Scantlings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stifled. 10. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. A) Symbol. B) Theme. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. Definition:willingness to take risks A) Repose. B) Audacity. C) Vex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audacity. 12. Terribly A) Dreadfully. B) Fancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dreadfully. 13. What did the narrator's master take solace in after the mistress's death? A) Socializing. B) Traveling. C) Adventure. D) Repetition and routine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition and routine. 14. Why did the narrator wait until the 8th night to kill the old man? A) The narrator was scared to kill him. B) The old man was suspicious of him. C) The narrator said he must see the old man's eye to kill him. D) The police kept coming to the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator said he must see the old man's eye to kill him. 15. To disguise or conceal a feeling or intention means to ..... A) Disassemble. B) Endure. C) Harken. D) Vulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disassemble. 16. What does the word 'sagacity' mean? A) Clumsiness. B) Wisdom. C) Deception. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wisdom. 17. Although I was so appalled about how poorly his dog was behaving, I tried to ..... from making a comment, or revealing my true feelings through my facial expressions, because I knew how much he'd been working on training the dog. A) Cunning. B) Stimulate. C) Refrain. D) Instinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrain. 18. Which of the following does NOT describe the meaning of the term point of view? A) The place from which readers watch the unfolding action of a story. B) The hints of future events in a story. C) The vantage point from which a story is told. D) The "eyes" through which we see story events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The hints of future events in a story. 19. I can't believe my sister had the ..... to borrow my shoes without asking! A) Derision. B) Hearken. C) Audacity. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacity. 20. In a clever and deceitful way A) Acuteness. B) Sagacity. C) Cunningly. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cunningly. ← 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