This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 24 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you ..... someone, you have upset or confused them. A) Mockery. B) Vex. C) Stifled. D) Foresight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vex. 2. Which word is a synonym for audacity? A) Courage. B) Attitude. C) Wisdom. D) Enclose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Courage. 3. In paragraph 10, the narrator compares the beating of the old man's heart to the sound made by ..... A) A covered-up clock chiming. B) A closing door. C) A bird calling. D) A watch wrapped in cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A watch wrapped in cotton. 4. Which word is a synonym for refrain? A) Resist. B) Fearful. C) Boldness. D) Wording. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resist. 5. True or False:The narrator killed the old man because of his eye. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. When meeting someone for the first time, you may have this A) Suavity. B) Sagacity. C) Audacity. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suavity. 7. The act of hiding something carefully A) Concealment. B) Wary. C) Hastily. D) Corpse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 8. Her sense of disappointment was ..... A) Profound. B) Stifled. C) Hastily. D) Cunning. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profound. 9. What is the definition of 'Setting'? A) The sequence of events in a story. B) The main character of a story. C) The problem or conflict in a story. D) The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. 10. TRIFLES A) A GREETING. B) ENOUGH. C) A PLANK OF WOOD; JOIST. D) THINGS OF LITTLE VALUE OR IMPORTANCE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) THINGS OF LITTLE VALUE OR IMPORTANCE. 11. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. A) Metaphor. B) Tone. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. Having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character A) Virtuous. B) Suavity. C) Precisely. D) Villainously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Villainously. 13. Held in check with difficulty A) Profound. B) Stifled. C) Hastily. D) Cunning. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stifled. 14. Which fiction term means an insight about life, a message, or a lesson? A) Characters. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 15. The condition of being hidden A) Concealment. B) Derision. C) Mockery. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 16. Complete the analogy:moon is to night as sun is to ..... A) Center. B) Hot. C) Star. D) Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Day. 17. What does the narrator want people to think about him? A) He wants people to think he is sweet. B) He wants people to think he is crazy. C) He wants people to think he is smart. D) He wants people to think he is angry at the old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants people to think he is smart. 18. How long did the old man stay awake when he realized someone was in his room? A) All night. B) 1 hour. C) Until sunrise. D) 8 hours. E) 5 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 hour. 19. Contempt, ridicule A) Reposed. B) Acute. C) Derision. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derision. 20. Held back A) Acute. B) Derision. C) Suavity. D) Refrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrained. ← 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