This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 30 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Match the definition:To be characterized by sharpness is to be ..... A) Acute. B) Vexed. C) Profound. D) Dissimulated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acute. 2. Select the word from Paragraph 12 that comes from a Latin root meaning "great fear" or "dread" . (V.1.2) A) Vex. B) Nervous. C) Terror. D) Refrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terror. 3. During his illness, there had been a time of ..... suffering. A) Acute. B) Vehemently. C) Vexed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acute. 4. What is the part of speech for the word 'Gesticulations'? A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 5. What is the author's purpose for using rhetorical questions throughout the passage? (R.3.4) A) It reveals the narrator's increased lack of sanity. B) It reveals the narrator's increased lack of anger. C) It reveals the narrator's increased sense of sanity. D) It reveals the narrator's increased sense of remorse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It reveals the narrator's increased lack of sanity. 6. Which word means to cause to act in a specified manner A) Stimulate. B) Sagacity. C) Triumph. D) Stifled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stimulate. 7. The protestors showed their (a) they wanted him to lose his job. A) Resolved. B) Vexed. C) Audacity. D) Cunningly. E) A derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A derision. 8. Which word is a synonym for the word refrain? A) Stop. B) Implied. C) Boldness. D) Unique. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stop. 9. Hiding of someone's feelings or thoughts A) Acuteness. B) Audacity. C) Concealment. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concealment. 10. At what time did the narrator finish hiding the corpse? A) 4 am. B) 3.30 am. C) 5 am. D) 4.30 am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4 am. 11. What is a synonym for the word 'Suavity'? A) Courtesy. B) Gracefulness. C) Charm. D) Politeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charm. 12. Showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one's achievements, possessions, or abilities A) Boastful. B) Devious. C) Anxious. D) Ominous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boastful. 13. What is the best synonym for the word profound A) Superficial. B) Deeply intellectual/wise. C) Shallow. D) Heroic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deeply intellectual/wise. 14. What is the antonym for 'dull'? A) Sharp. B) Blunt. C) Mild. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharp. 15. To form or create a plan in the mind/ formar o crear un plan en la mente A) Concealment. B) Profound. C) Audacity. D) Conceived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conceived. 16. A simile is ..... A) A funny statement. B) A comparison of two things using "like" or "as". C) Something unexpected that happens in a story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comparison of two things using "like" or "as". 17. His mouth was agape when he found out that he won the lottery of over a million dollars. A) Surprised. B) Stern. C) Wide open. D) Closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wide open. 18. What does the narrator do each night? A) He sneaks out of the house. B) He watches the old man while he sleeps. C) He hides in the attic. D) He stares out the window. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He watches the old man while he sleeps. 19. Who is the main character in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? A) Detective Dupin. B) Captain Ahab. C) Roderick Usher. D) Unnamed narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unnamed narrator. 20. Her plan was to ..... her intentions from her friend so she could successfully plan her a surprise party. A) Vex. B) Skulked. C) Keen. D) Disassemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disassemble. ← 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