This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 45 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Definition of sagacity: A) An uncertain belief. B) Serving to define or identify as distinct from others. C) The quality of being suave in manner. D) The quality of being sagacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The quality of being sagacious. 2. What is the definition for 'Gesticulations'? A) Happy moments. B) Wise actions. C) Somber movements. D) Dramatic gestures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic gestures. 3. I might not interfere with the old man's sleep. A) Upset. B) Interrupt. C) Startle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrupt. 4. Someone who shows up uninvited might have this A) Audacity. B) Suavity. C) Sagacity. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 5. What is the setting of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? A) An old house. B) A futuristic spaceship. C) A modern apartment. D) A haunted castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An old house. 6. He was proud of his powers and of his ..... A) Audacity. B) Suavity. C) Sagacity. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 7. Which word is a synonym for the word dreadful? A) Frightful. B) Unique. C) Clever. D) Hidden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frightful. 8. What tone is represented in the line "You should have seen how wisely I proceeded ..... with what caution-with what foresight ..... with what dissimulation I went to work" ? A) Focused. B) Furious. C) Grieving. D) Uninterested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Focused. 9. Describing a person who claims to have certain beliefs about what is right but who behaves in a way that disagrees with those beliefs A) Hypocritical. B) Hideous. C) Audacity. D) Distinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypocritical. 10. The first part of the plot containing background information A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 11. Vexed means ..... A) Giving careful attention. B) Thoughtful about the future. C) Expressing in thought or feeling. D) Troubled, distressed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troubled, distressed. 12. Even though Ms. Lawrence went over it five times in class, finding the slope is a concept that still ..... me. A) Foresights. B) Stimulates. C) Vexes. D) Refrains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vexes. 13. Having or showing a very perceptive understanding A) Sagacity. B) Acute. C) Vex. D) Supposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acute. 14. What causes conflict between the narrator and the old man? A) The narrator hates people with disease. B) The old man is too loud. C) The old man is threatening to tell people about the narrator's madness. D) The narrator is terrified of the old man's eyes and heartbeat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The narrator is terrified of the old man's eyes and heartbeat. 15. To be sneaky or dishonest A) Anxious. B) Mocking. C) Straightforward. D) Devious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Devious. 16. What is the meaning of the word 'unperceived'? A) Not perceived or commented on; not seen. B) Acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. C) Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception; sensitive. D) Ridicule, contempt, or derision; subject of laughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not perceived or commented on; not seen. 17. How does Edgar Allan Poe create suspense in "The Tell-Tale Heart?" A) Noises like the beating heart. B) Setting being at night. C) Escalating tension. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. Ugly or disgusting A) Seized. B) Mad. C) Hideous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hideous. 19. What part of speech is the word acute? A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 20. A dead body A) Corpse. B) Vulture. C) Planks. D) Wary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corpse. ← 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