This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hints towards the future A) Personification. B) Word Choice. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 2. Where did the narrator tell the police that the old man was? A) At his mother's house. B) Taking a walk. C) Asleep in his bed. D) Out in the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out in the country. 3. Insightful; highly aware A) Acute. B) Sagacity. C) Profound. D) Sufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Profound. 4. Why does the narrator confess his crime? A) The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are the real murderers. B) The narrator confesses because he knows the old man is not really dead. C) The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are mocking him and can hear the heartbeat. D) The narrator confesses because the officers knew the crime that had been committed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are mocking him and can hear the heartbeat. 5. When the narrator tells the story of "he" or "she" and does not reveal any characters' thoughts A) First-Person. B) Second-Person. C) Third-Person Limited. D) Third-Person Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third-Person Objective. 6. When they walked up on the stage, I could not believe their ..... in taking the microphone out of the emcee's hand and beginning to yell at the audience. Since everyone saw them walk up on stage, I was shocked it took so long for security to detain them and escort them off stage! A) Acuteness. B) Stifled. C) Stealthiness. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audacity. 7. Wisely, Sarah ..... from arguing with her mother. A) Vex. B) Foresight. C) Derision. D) Refrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrained. 8. Find the definition for:stifled A) Encourage. B) Held back. C) Put down. D) Suffocate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Held back. 9. A person or thing that preys A) Courage. B) Vulture. C) Vexed. D) Conceived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vulture. 10. Troubled A) Vexed. B) Audacity. C) Derision. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vexed. 11. I tried to ..... a yawn as I walked into the classroom early Monday morning. A) Vex. B) Blather. C) Stifle. D) Agape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stifle. 12. Highly offensive A) Concealment. B) Derision. C) Foul. D) Haunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foul. 13. Dramatic movements (gestures) with arms or hands to emphasize what you're saying A) Vehemently. B) Sagacity. C) Audacity. D) Gesticulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gesticulations. 14. Improved A) Dulled. B) Sharpened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sharpened. 15. What is the definition of mood? A) The feeling the author gets from the story. B) The feeling the reader gets from the story. C) The author's attitude toward the subject. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The feeling the reader gets from the story. 16. Bold courage, nerve A) Sagacity. B) Derision. C) Cunningly. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audacity. 17. Enclose A) Envelope. B) Fancy. C) Haunt. D) Foul. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Envelope. 18. What is a synonym for the word 'Dissimulation'? A) Honesty. B) Transparency. C) Sincerity. D) Misrepresentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Misrepresentation. 19. Skillfully dishonest A) Cunningly. B) Vexed. C) Stealthinly. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cunningly. 20. When I had made an end of these labors, it was 4 o'clock in the morning. A) Work. B) Sleep. C) Strike. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work. ← 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