This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 50 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of 'sententious'? A) Talkative. B) Transmitters. C) Concise. D) Wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transmitters. 2. Definition of profound: A) (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. B) In a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling. C) A piece of lumber of small cross section. D) In a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. 3. Sane(The opposite of insane.) 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: B) (Def.) Not mentally ill; of sound mind. 4. Wood-boring beetles whose heads make a tapping sound; they are regarded as an omen of death A) Gothic horror. B) Scantlings. C) Concealment. D) Deathwatches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deathwatches. 5. Why did the police go to the house? A) Because a neighbour had called. B) Because they heard a noise from the street. C) Because they had seen strange shadows from the outside. D) This is not explained in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because a neighbour had called. 6. Joyful over a victory or success A) Triumphant. B) Mocking. C) Devious. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Triumphant. 7. If you do something ..... , you do so with intense emotion. A) Vehemently. B) Hypocritically. C) Crevice. D) Acutely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehemently. 8. What had madness done to the narrator's senses? A) Sharpened them. B) Destroyed them. C) Dulled them. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharpened them. 9. Infer the meaning of cruel in the following: "They were making a cruel joke of my horror." A) In a regular and even manner. B) A great and painful feeling of fear or shock. C) Willfully causing pain or suffering to others. D) To be deal with something that is upsetting or annoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Willfully causing pain or suffering to others. 10. I saw the ..... eating the dead animal on the road. A) Vulture. B) Toddler. C) Robot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vulture. 11. Completed A) Compaired. B) Conceived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceived. 12. To whom is the narrator telling his story? A) The readers. B) The police. C) The old man. D) The narrator isn't telling the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The readers. 13. Which of the following terms is used to compare two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, even though it isn't literally true? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 14. "You should have seen how wisely I proceeded-with what caution-with what foresight-with what dissimulation I went to work!" What does the word "dissimulation" mean in the above sentence? A) Sharp. B) Intelligence and good judgement. C) Disguising of intentions and/or feelings. D) Smooth; smooth manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disguising of intentions and/or feelings. 15. The growing tension and excitement felt by readersThis is the definition of which term? A) Irony. B) Foreshadowing. C) Suspense. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 16. Which point of view is used in 'The Cone'? A) Third person omniscient. B) Second person. C) Third person limited. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third person omniscient. 17. They wore ..... at basic training. A) Fatigues. B) Audacity. C) Mockery. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fatigues. 18. What is the meaning of the word 'agape'? A) Mouth closed. B) Fear or dread. C) Mouth open wide. D) Romantic love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mouth open wide. 19. Suppositions A) Gestures (usually dramatic and done with hands) when speaking to emphasize one's words. B) Rhythmical throbbing or vibrating (of an artery). C) An uncertain belief. D) A piece of material worn to protect/conceal the face. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An uncertain belief. 20. What kind of sound does the narrator describe hearing from the old man? A) A groan of pain. B) A groan of grief. C) A groan of mortal terror. D) A groan of relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A groan of mortal terror. ← 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