This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 48 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does the narrator feel when he opens the lantern and sees the old man's open eye? A) Afraid. B) Furious. C) Calm. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Furious. 2. Enough to achieve a goal or fill a need A) Dreadful. B) Stifled. C) Sufficient. D) Enveloped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sufficient. 3. What is the action of hiding something or preventing it from being known? A) Concealment. B) Derision. C) Scantlings. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 4. The child kept vexing his mother because he asked the same questions over and over. What does the word "vexing" mean in the above sentence? A) The child was holding back and was resisting her. B) The child was annoying his mother with his repeated questions. C) The child was being cautious and careful when he was asking questions. D) The child was being charming every time he kept asking his mother a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The child was annoying his mother with his repeated questions. 5. What is in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling? A) Hearken. B) Vehemently. C) Concealment. D) Suppositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehemently. 6. With energy or passionately A) Sufficient. B) Sagacity. C) Vehemently. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vehemently. 7. Audacity means ..... A) Bold, shameless, daring. B) Afraid. C) Cute and cuddly. D) Shy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bold, shameless, daring. 8. DEFINITIVENESS A) HIDING ONE'S THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, OR CHARACTER. B) CERTAINTY;FINALITY;PREDICTABLE;DISTINCT. C) TEASING; MAKE FUN OF. D) LACK OF RESPECT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CERTAINTY;FINALITY;PREDICTABLE;DISTINCT. 9. I didn't like creeping down the dark alley. from which point of view is this sentence written? A) First person. B) Third person. C) Second person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 10. Which detail about the narrator's personality makes him appear the most psychotic? A) He hears imaginary heartbeats. B) He is so careful to hide everything he does. C) He kills the old man. D) He tries to convince the reader of his sanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He tries to convince the reader of his sanity. 11. What is the mood of the narrator at the beginning of paragraph 16, while he is talking to the police? A) Calm and confident. B) Sad and gloomy. C) Quiet and sleepy. D) Tense and irritable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calm and confident. 12. Very cautious; being on guard against danger or trickery A) Mockery. B) Wary. C) Vehemently. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wary. 13. She ..... her granddaughter in her arms when she got off the plane. A) Sagacity. B) Vexed. C) Enveloped. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enveloped. 14. Suppositions"Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions ..... " A) (Def.) An assumption; speculation. B) (Def.) Not mentally ill; of sound mind. C) (Def.) Mentally ill; insane. D) (Def.) Energetic gestures. E) (Def.) Ridicule; taunts; disrespect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Def.) An assumption; speculation. 15. To hide under false pretense A) Disassemble. B) Mockery. C) Gesticulations. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disassemble. 16. Small beams or timbers A) Gothic horror. B) Disassemble. C) Scantlings. D) Hearken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scantlings. 17. He vexes me; I truly do not understand him. A) Casts a spell. B) Irritates; worries. C) Loves. D) Hates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irritates; worries. 18. An example of personification in the text is ..... A) You fancy me mad. B) Hearken. C) Evil eye. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evil eye. 19. A confident and daring quality that is often seen as shocking or rude A) Audacity. B) Awe. C) Mockery. D) Hypocritical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 20. Synonym for clever A) Sagacity. B) Profound. C) Audacity. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acute. ← 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