This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is the synonym of vexed? A) Neglect. B) Abstained. C) Annoyed. D) Disregard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annoyed. 2. What is a Hyperbole? A) A comparison using "like" or "as". B) An expression that doesn't exactly mean what the words say. C) Words that create an exaggerated comparison or overstatement. D) Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Words that create an exaggerated comparison or overstatement. 3. When the narrator tells the story of "he" or "she" and reveals two or more characters thought or feelings A) Second-Person. B) Third-Person Omniscient. C) First-Person. D) Third-Person Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third-Person Omniscient. 4. The chemistry questions on the test vexed the student so much that you could almost see sweat form on his head. A) Question. B) Intrigue. C) Annoy, frustrate, worry. D) Calm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annoy, frustrate, worry. 5. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is written in which Point of View? A) And. B) 3rd Limited. C) 1st. D) 3rd Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st. 6. Timbers or relatively slight width and thickness A) Trifle. B) Vexed. C) Waned. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scantlings. 7. In paragraph 2, the narrator says about his plan, "Object there was none." Which choice BEST explains what he means? A) I have no plan to gain anything by killing the old man. B) I have no weapon with which to kill the old man. C) I have no objection to killing the old man. D) I have no fear of killing the old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have no plan to gain anything by killing the old man. 8. Symbolism is ..... A) Something unexpected. B) Anything that stands for something else. C) A comparison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anything that stands for something else. 9. Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or true personality A) Concealment. B) Vehemently. C) Foresight. D) Triumph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 10. Select the word that Best completes the statement based on the information presented in paragraphs 3 and 4.The narrator's main feeling about his own actions seems to be ..... A) Guilt. B) Disgust. C) Pride. D) Doubt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pride. 11. Suavity "The police showed perfect suavity." A) (Def.) Smooth manner; smoothness. B) (Def.) Cautious. C) (Def.) Forcefully. D) (Def.) Boldness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Def.) Smooth manner; smoothness. 12. In the middle of paragraph 3, what does the narrator mean by a "dark lantern" ? A) One that is not lit. B) A lantern that doesn't work. C) One that is lit but covered up. D) A lantern with a black light bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One that is lit but covered up. 13. What eventually happens to a full moon A) Bade. B) Waned. C) Reposed. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waned. 14. Infer the meaning of board(s) in the following: "Next, I took up three boards from the bedroom floor and hid the body parts there." A) A person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others. B) A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood. C) Very loud and clear, like the sound a bell or alarm makes. D) A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material. 15. The narrator reveals his power of concentration through his ..... A) Creativity. B) Patience. C) Acute hearing. D) Insanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patience. 16. What does the narrator say the loud beating of the old man's heart is causing? A) His own increase in fury and uncontrollable terror. B) The old man's death from a heart attack. C) His own fear of death and his hatred of the old man. D) The old man falling from the bed onto the floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His own increase in fury and uncontrollable terror. 17. Envelope A) Engage. B) To bring forward. C) Surround. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surround. 18. Professing feelings or virtues one does not have A) Fancy. B) Audacity. C) Hypocritical. D) Envelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypocritical. 19. Having great depth or seriousness A) Profound. B) Stifled. C) Hastily. D) Cunning. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profound. 20. What is the definition of climax? A) The turning point of the story. B) The struggle between two characters. C) The beginning of the story. D) The point when the conflict is resolved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The turning point of the story. ← 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