This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does the sound of the old man's heart beat affect the narrator? A) It frightens the narrator and drives him from the room. B) It helps the narrator realize that he does not want to kill the old man. C) It further encourages the narrator to silence the old man's heartbeat. D) It confuses the narrator because he is not close enough to be able to hear it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It further encourages the narrator to silence the old man's heartbeat. 2. The hiding of someone's thoughts and feelings is best described as ..... A) Concealment. B) Cunning. C) Suavity. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 3. You made a ..... of me by laughing at what happened! A) Audacity. B) Joke. C) Mockery. D) Clown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mockery. 4. Distinctness A) Unmistakable, clearly defined. B) Very keen. C) A means of hiding. D) To grow gradually less. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unmistakable, clearly defined. 5. A very strong feeling of fear A) Hideous. B) Terror. C) Mad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terror. 6. The speaker ..... at the policeman. A) Vex. B) Waned. C) Raved. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raved. 7. Boldness, over-confidence A) Audacity. B) Scantlings. C) Reposed. D) Foresight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 8. How would you define the term 'stealthily'? A) Acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. B) Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception; sensitive. C) Ridicule, contempt, or derision; subject of laughter. D) To give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. 9. The night waned A) The night totally disappeared. B) The night became darker. C) The night diminished. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The night diminished. 10. What is an uncertain belief? A) Concealment. B) Vehemently. C) Acutely. D) Suppositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suppositions. 11. Showing great knowledge or understanding A) Profound. B) Acute. C) Sufficient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profound. 12. Great suffering or severe pain A) Boo boo. B) Agony. C) Laughter. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agony. 13. The sound of ..... laughter echoed through the library after a joke was told. The sound of ..... laughter echoed through the library after a joke was told. A) Stifled. B) Conceive. C) Profound. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stifled. 14. The opponent of the main character? A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 15. An uncertain belief A) Supposition. B) Sagacity. C) Concealment. D) Scarcely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supposition. 16. How did the narrator try to convince the officers that nothing was wrong? A) By showing them the hidden body parts. B) By confessing to the crime. C) By leading them around the house. D) By bribing them with money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By leading them around the house. 17. What feature does the Old Man in "The Tell-Tale Heart" have? A) A mustache. B) A crooked nose. C) A pale blue eye. D) A crooked smile . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A pale blue eye. 18. What does the character want to do with the eye? A) Find out why it is so evil. B) Keep it as a trophy. C) Rid himself of it forever. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rid himself of it forever. 19. Match the definition:Violent and uncontrollable anger. A) Fury. B) Wary. C) Audacity. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fury. 20. What bothered the narrator about the old man? A) His money. B) His gold. C) His eye. D) His age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His eye. ← 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