This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 49 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Definition of audacity: A) Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense. B) Rhythmical throbbing or vibrating (as of an artery). C) To bring to mind something in the past:hearken back. D) A willingness to take bold risks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A willingness to take bold risks. 2. He was impressed with his own ..... A) Audacity. B) Vexed. C) Suavity. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 3. What does the word FATIGUES mean? A) Mental or physical tiredness. B) Extreme confusion. C) An ending or stopping point. D) Strips of leather used to whip livestock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mental or physical tiredness. 4. Wild hand movements; an expressive gesture made in showing strong feelings A) Gesticulations. B) Concealment. C) Derision. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gesticulations. 5. What does the word 'acute' mean in the context of the story? A) Highly perceptive. B) Concealment of thoughts. C) Taking risks. D) Highly insightful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Highly perceptive. 6. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions A) Profound. B) Stifled. C) Hastily. D) Cunning. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Vehement. 7. Behavior or speech that makes fun of someone or something in a hurtful way A) Suavity. B) Mockery. C) Audacity. D) Gesticulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mockery. 8. The monster was ..... with its green head and four eyes. A) Boring. B) Lovely. C) Hideous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hideous. 9. The actor's ..... helped land him many leading roles in Hollywood movies, even though he wasn't the most talented. A) Vex. B) Scantlings. C) Suavity. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suavity. 10. Which word is a synonym for the word denotative? A) Literal. B) Enfold. C) Resist. D) Unique. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal. 11. Which of the following types of irony occurs when the reader knows something that a character does not know? A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Socratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic. 12. Extremely ugly or disgusting A) Furious. B) Hideous. C) Ceased. D) Cleverly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hideous. 13. Definition:to be at rest A) Hearken. B) Repose. C) Waned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repose. 14. "So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night ..... " What does the word "profound" mean in the above sentence? A) Annoyed. B) Extending to great depth. C) Horrified. D) Shallow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extending to great depth. 15. The narrator believes the old man groans because ..... A) The old man cannot fall back asleep. B) The old man is dying of a serious illness. C) The old man can see the narrator at the door. D) The old man senses the man's dangerous presence in the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The old man senses the man's dangerous presence in the room. 16. The amount of arguments Anthony had with his brother ..... him a great deal. A) Perceived. B) Stifled. C) Vexed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vexed. 17. Definition of pulsation: A) The quality of being sagacious. B) The quality of being suave in manner. C) Rhythmical throbbing or vibrating (as of an artery). D) A willingness to take bold risks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythmical throbbing or vibrating (as of an artery). 18. Which of the following terms refers to the perspective or vantage point from which a story is told? A) Narration Style. B) Point of View. C) First Person. D) Speaking perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of View. 19. Sufficient A) Extreme. B) Close by. C) Enough. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enough. 20. What does the word DERISION mean? A) Mockery or taunting. B) Deep care and concern. C) Excitement or amusement. D) To come from. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mockery or taunting. ← 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