This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings or character; pretense A) Acute. B) Supposition. C) Scarcely. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concealment. 2. The narrator reveals his cunning behavior when he ..... A) Let his finger slip on the lantern. B) Answered the old man's question "Who's there?". C) Opened the door to let the police in the house. D) Disposed the old man's body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disposed the old man's body. 3. Making a lot of hand or body movements when talking A) Gesticulations. B) Mockery. C) Movement disorder. D) Disassemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gesticulations. 4. Adv. acting with great force, violently or forcefully A) Bade. B) Vehemently. C) Distinctly. D) Hearkening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehemently. 5. What does the word DISSIMULATION mean? A) To hide one's thoughts and feelings. B) To be honest with others. C) To copy someone else. D) To act bravely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To hide one's thoughts and feelings. 6. The neighbors of the four involved families were ..... that there was nothing like this going on. A) Profound. B) Stifled. C) Hastily. D) Cunning. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Vehement. 7. Several officers were ..... to guard the building. A) Deputed. B) Hearkened. C) Dissembled. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deputed. 8. Rude boldness; nerve A) Gesticulations. B) Blather. C) Audacity. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacity. 9. "Villians!" I cried, "Pretend no more! I admit the deed!" A) Title to land. B) Job. C) Paper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Job. 10. What does the word 'profound' mean in the context of the story? A) Highly perceptive. B) Concealment of thoughts. C) Highly insightful. D) Wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Highly insightful. 11. I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark, Or wrestle a lion alone in the dark, Eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines, Than tackle the homework my teacher assigns A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 12. What is the overall tone of the story's ending? A) Happy. B) Surprising. C) Sad. D) Unknown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unknown. 13. To cut off; to repress A) Triumph. B) Vex. C) Suavity. D) Stifle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stifle. 14. What is in a way that shows a perceptive understanding or insight? A) Concealment. B) Sagacity. C) Acutely. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acutely. 15. What does the suffix-tion do? A) Makes something past tense. B) Makes a verb into a noun. C) Makes a description into an adverb. D) Makes something plural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Makes a verb into a noun. 16. "It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. If you ..... someone, you bother or annoy that person. A) Conceive. B) Vex. C) Stifle. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vex. 18. When Bella became a vampire, she lost her ..... attributes and was able to live forever. A) Mortal (noun). B) Blather. C) Vex. D) Skulk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mortal (noun). 19. A strong feeling of fear, respect ir wibder A) Awe. B) Mockery. C) Distinct. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awe. 20. Clearly or sharply defined to the mind A) Wary. B) Distinct. C) Sufficient. D) Stifled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distinct. ← 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