This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do we call a narrator whose story cannot be trusted? A) Suspense. B) Third-person. C) First-person. D) Unreliable narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unreliable narrator. 2. Which point of view is used in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' when the narrator only knows their own thoughts and feelings? A) Third person limited. B) Third person omniscient. C) Second person. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First person. 3. What excerpt from the story illustrates the mood of paranoia? A) "It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain.". B) "I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult.". C) "Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!-no, no! They heard! They suspected! They knew!". D) "I smiled, for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!-no, no! They heard! They suspected! They knew!". 4. Feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried. A) Awe. B) Vex. C) Mad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vex. 5. "The teacher yelled more vehemently, but the students still could hear her over the noise."What does vehemently mean? A) Forcefully. B) Quietly. C) Happily. D) Sadly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forcefully. 6. The crooked car dealer often tricked car buyers by using ..... to hide flaws in the vehicles. A) Sagacity. B) Concealment. C) Vex. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concealment. 7. "You should have seen how wisely I proceeded-with what caution-with what foresight-with what dissimulation-I went to work!" What does the word foresight mean in the above sentence? A) Seeing with four eyes. B) Knowing after the event. C) No knowledge of something. D) Knowing ahead of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knowing ahead of time. 8. Which two sentences reflect the third-person point of view?(1) I took out my wallet and counted my money.(2) Luis ran up to Jonathan and cried, "A storm is coming! We have to get inside!"(3) "If our guess is right, " I said, "we'll solve the mystery before the police do."(4) Everyone stared at Connor in surprise. A) 1 and 3. B) 2 and 3. C) 2 and 4. D) 3 and 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 and 4. 9. A device that closes or secures something A) Fastening. B) Stifle. C) Suppositions. D) Stalked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fastening. 10. Which of the following types of irony occurs when the reader or a character expects one thing to happen, but then the opposite happens? A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Socratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational. 11. What is the best definition of vehemently? A) Mildly. B) Effectively. C) Vaguely. D) Intensely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intensely. 12. Conceal one's true feelings A) Gesticulation. B) Scantlings. C) Disassemble. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disassemble. 13. Listen A) Sagacity. B) Deathwatches. C) Hearken. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hearken. 14. Who came to search the premises? A) Neighbors. B) Family members. C) Police officers. D) Servants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Police officers. 15. Pursue or approach stealthily A) Stalked. B) Suppositions. C) Stifle. D) Unperceived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stalked. 16. What was the name of Poe's famous detective character? A) Sherlock Holmes. B) Hercule Poirot. C) C. Auguste Dupin. D) Miss Marple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. Auguste Dupin. 17. A feeling that something bad will happen; a threatening feeling A) Vexed. B) Perplexed. C) Ominous. D) Triumphant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ominous. 18. Poe was able to make a fortune off of his writing while alive. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Definition of suavity: A) Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense. B) The quality of being sagacious. C) The quality of being suave in manner. D) In a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The quality of being suave in manner. 20. Fearlessly A) Boldly. B) Dreadfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boldly. ← 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