The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 27 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Small quantities or amounts

Correct Answer: C) Scantlings.

2. Became smaller or less; decreased in size, power, strength, or important

Correct Answer: D) Waned.

3. An example of repetition in the text .....

Correct Answer: B) 'There was none'.

4. Type of bird with bald head and neck that feeds on dead animals

Correct Answer: A) Vulture.

5. Because Poe suffered through the premature deaths of those he loved, what were 2 major themes in his writings?

Correct Answer: B) Death and the afterlife.

6. What is the definition of suavity?

Correct Answer: A) Being very charming and likeable.

7. And still the men talked pleasantly, and smiled.

Correct Answer: B) Happily.

8. Washing your hands is a ..... that you need to take to keep from getting sick.

Correct Answer: A) Precaution.

9. Extremely unpleasant

Correct Answer: A) Revolting.

10. Which fiction term means the people, animals, or other that take part in the action of the story?

Correct Answer: A) Characters.

11. What is the quality of having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd?

Correct Answer: C) Sagacity.

12. Anita (a) that she would study for the test so that she would get an A.

Correct Answer: F) A resolved.

13. What did the suspect do with the remains of the body parts?

Correct Answer: D) Hid them under the floorboard.

14. Adj. troubled, distressed, agitated

Correct Answer: B) Vexed.

15. Why would you say that I am mad?

Correct Answer: A) Crazy.

16. Irritated or annoyed

Correct Answer: D) Vexed.

17. Which word is a synonym for the word distinct?

Correct Answer: A) Unique.

18. What does the narrator say caused the old man's fears to grow?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

19. How would you define the word 'vexed'?

Correct Answer: B) Irritated; annoyed.

20. Which of the following means troubled, distressed, and caused agitation

Correct Answer: A) Vexed.