This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is annoyed, frustrated, or worried? A) Acutely. B) Vehemently. C) Vexed. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vexed. 2. Expressing an unpopular opinion often leads to ..... ? A) Vex. B) Audacity. C) Derision. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derision. 3. If you have acute hearing you ..... A) Can't hear anything. B) Have muffled hearing. C) Have sensitive hearing. D) Have difficulty processing what you hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have sensitive hearing. 4. Irony is ..... A) Something unexpected that occurs. B) Two lines that rhyme in a story or poem. C) Giving human qualities to non-humans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something unexpected that occurs. 5. Infer the meaning of muffled in the following: "[He was dead]. But, for a while, the heart beat on with a muffled sound." A) An action that is performed intentionally. B) To make quieter by using a covering of some sort. C) A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material. D) Pull (someone or something) along forcefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make quieter by using a covering of some sort. 6. How does the heartbeat symbolize the narrator's guilt in "The Tell-Tale Heart" ? A) The heartbeat represents the narrator's physical fitness and strength. B) It symbolizes the narrator's excitement and pride in his cleverness. C) The heartbeat is a manifestation of the narrator's guilt and his inability to escape from his conscience. D) It signifies the actual heart of the old man, which continues to beat even after his death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The heartbeat is a manifestation of the narrator's guilt and his inability to escape from his conscience. 7. Follow stealthily or pursue like a ghost A) Haunt. B) Concealment. C) Concealment. D) Bade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haunt. 8. To hold back A) Stifled. B) Sagacity. C) Profound. D) Unperceived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stifled. 9. Which fiction term from the plot diagram means the beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced? A) Exposition. B) Conflict. C) Climax. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 10. Define the word mortal A) Stop oneself from doing something. B) Causing death. C) In a careful and sneaky way. D) Making hand movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Causing death. 11. Approached its end A) Unperceived. B) Derision. C) Waned. D) Sufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waned. 12. When an author jumps back to an event that happened in the past ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Rising action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 13. Antonym for caution A) Profound. B) Acute. C) Sufficient. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audacity. 14. A genre of fiction characterized by gloomy settings, supernatural events, and dark mysteries A) Cunningly. B) Gothic horror. C) Deathwatches. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gothic horror. 15. What sense was sharpened by the disease? A) Sight. B) Hearing. C) Taste. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hearing. 16. What sound did the narrator hear that excited him to uncontrollable terror? A) A scream. B) A groan. C) A laugh. D) A whisper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A groan. 17. What is the meaning of the word 'vehemently'? A) To do something with intense emotion or passion. B) To do something with moderate emotion or force. C) To do something with mild emotion or force. D) To do something with no emotion or force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To do something with intense emotion or passion. 18. Which the synonym for conceived? A) Avoid. B) Planned. C) Annoyed. D) Dislike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planned. 19. What is the meaning of the word 'sagacity'? A) Indecisiveness. B) Foolishness. C) Having or showing wise decision making; shrewd. D) Lack of intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having or showing wise decision making; shrewd. 20. Crevice A) A narrow opening. B) Ridicule/mockery (synonyms). C) An uncertain belief. D) Decrease in power or extent/ becoming weaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A narrow opening. ← 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