This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 46 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which vocabulary word means to pretend or hide one's true feelings? A) Dissimulation. B) Tattoo. C) Scantlings. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dissimulation. 2. I can't believe that you have the ..... to say she is a liar! A) Conceive. B) Vehemently. C) Audacity. D) Stifle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacity. 3. Smooth manner; smoothness A) Acute. B) Suavity. C) Sagacity. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suavity. 4. At what time did the narrator spy on the old man while sleeping? A) 10 pm. B) 1 am. C) Midnight. D) 3 am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midnight. 5. What is to listen? A) Hearken. B) Gesticulations. C) Sagacity. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hearken. 6. Annoy, distress A) Audacity. B) Derision. C) Hearken. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vex. 7. Someone with great foresight probably plans ahead. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. What part of speech is "terror" ? A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Conjunction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 9. Which word is a synonym for distinct? A) Obvious. B) Attitude. C) Enfold. D) Boldness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obvious. 10. The act of being hidden A) Concealment. B) Concealment. C) Vex. D) Loathsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 11. The defeated army had to retreat ..... from the field of battle. A) Profound. B) Stifled. C) Hastily. D) Cunning. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hastily. 12. How would you define the term 'dissemble'? A) To form an idea; think. B) To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy. C) Irritated; annoyed. D) Having deep insight or understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy. 13. Reread paragraphs 12-13 to determine where the narrator hid the old man's body. A) The body is in the closet. B) The body is under the bed. C) The body is under the floor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The body is under the floor. 14. To listen attentively A) Hearkening. B) Unperceived. C) Stifled. D) Wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hearkening. 15. What genre of fiction did Poe create? A) The love story. B) Historical fiction. C) Science fiction. D) The detective story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The detective story. 16. How is the narrator feeling when the police FIRST enter his home? A) Terrified. B) Confident. C) Guilty. D) Scared. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confident. 17. Select the phrase that BEST completes the statement based on the information presented in paragraphs 8 & 9. While standing in the doorway of the old man's room, the narrator keeps the light from the lantern ..... A) Hidden from the old man. B) Away from the window. C) Shining on the lock of the door. D) Shining on the old man's eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shining on the old man's eye. 18. I am so thirsty, that my throat is as dry as a bone. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 19. No respect for someone or something A) Eminent. B) Leisurely. C) Derision. D) Stealthily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derision. 20. Proceeded A) Terribly. B) Move forward. C) Tormented. D) Wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Move forward. ← 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