This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 26 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In paragraph 5, the narrator says, "I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in the bed, crying ..... "Who's there?" (5).This suggests that the old man most likely cried out because ..... A) He heard the doors open. B) The narrator shows the light from the lantern. C) The narrator makes a noise with the lantern. D) He hears the narrator speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator makes a noise with the lantern. 2. Which is the best definition of sagacity? A) Smoothness and politeness. B) To be cautious. C) Intelligence and good judgement. D) Giving careful attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intelligence and good judgement. 3. In the line "They heard! They suspected! They knew! they were making a mockery of my horror!" which word best describes the narrator's feeling? A) Anger. B) Anxiety. C) Pride. D) Guilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guilt. 4. The word derision means ..... A) The state of being ridiculed or mocked. B) In a clever and deceitful way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The state of being ridiculed or mocked. 5. I could tell he was ..... about the decision to sneak out to the boardwalk, even though his parents had forbid he from going. I didn't understand why he was so reluctant after all the other crazy rules he had already broken! A) Stifle. B) Profound. C) Crevice. D) Wary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wary. 6. Scarcely A) Decrease in power or extent/ becoming weaker. B) Hardly/ barely (synonyms). C) Something done in a clever and deceitful way. D) A narrow opening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardly/ barely (synonyms). 7. Define the word vehemently A) An intense degree. B) Causing death. C) Making hand movements. D) With great feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With great feeling. 8. "The worker had the audacity to put the rude customer in their place."What does audacity mean? A) Shy. B) Boldness. C) Happy. D) Madness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boldness. 9. What is a synonym for the word 'Suppositions'? A) Statement. B) Idea. C) Conjectures. D) Presumptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idea. 10. What is the definition of 'Scantlings'? A) Dramatic gestures. B) An uncertain belief. C) A piece of lumber of a small cross-section. D) Types of roofing materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A piece of lumber of a small cross-section. 11. What does the title mean? A) The old man is telling a tale. B) The old man's beating heart gives the narrator away. C) The narrator blames the old man's heart for giving him away. D) The old man's eye causes the narrator to tell a tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator blames the old man's heart for giving him away. 12. Troubled, distressed, caused agitation A) Awe. B) Vexed. C) Foresight. D) Bade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vexed. 13. What is the tone of the narrator's voice when describing the old man's eye? A) Calm and soothing. B) Boring and monotonous. C) Eerie and unsettling. D) Joyful and uplifting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eerie and unsettling. 14. Harken A) Scream. B) Listen. C) Run very fast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listen. 15. The trait of having wisdom and good judgment A) Assiduous. B) Sagacity. C) Relegate. D) Obscure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagacity. 16. Making plans on a calendar A) Derision. B) Concealment. C) Foresight. D) Hearkening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foresight. 17. "Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers-of my sagacity." What does the word "sagacity" mean in the above sentence? A) Intelligence and good judgement. B) Boldness. C) Energetic gestures; strong movements of arms and hands. D) Disguising of intentions and/or feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intelligence and good judgement. 18. Infer the meaning of pale in the following: "I felt [my skin] ..... become pale." A) Having less colour than usual, typically as a result of shock,. B) Very loud and clear, like the sound a bell or alarm makes. C) In a regular and even manner. D) A great and painful feeling of fear or shock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having less colour than usual, typically as a result of shock,. 19. Marcus offered me a chance to cheat, but I shook my head ..... A) Audacity. B) Acute. C) Profound. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vehemently. 20. What is the meaning of the simile on these lines from paragraph 11? (R.3.4) "It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage." (Paragraph 11) A) It shows the narrator focusing on the heart. B) The narrator feels like he is heading into battle. C) It shows the narrator starting to change his mind. D) The narrator is feeling more anger as time ticks by. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The narrator is feeling more anger as time ticks by. ← 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