This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 51 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Disturb the peace of mind of someone. A) Vex. B) Envelop. C) Suppositions. D) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vex. 2. What needs to be included in an objective summary? A) The theme. B) A plot diagram. C) The five W's (who, what, where, when, why). D) A topic sentence that states the central idea and additional supporting details. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A topic sentence that states the central idea and additional supporting details. 3. Which setting term explains what is going on in society at that time (for example, a war)? It can affect the mood and/or the plot. A) Time. B) Place. C) Cultural context. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cultural context. 4. Halloween costumes are good at this A) Hearkening. B) Foresight. C) Concealment. D) Distinctness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concealment. 5. Without calling attention to oneself A) Audacity. B) Vex. C) Unobtrusively. D) Anguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unobtrusively. 6. Act of hiding A) Derision. B) Concealment. C) Trifle. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concealment. 7. The quality of being knowledgeable and showing good judgement A) Profound. B) Vehemently. C) Dreadful. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sagacity. 8. I expressed to the family my grief at the fire damage to their home. The word grief means ..... A) Extreme happiness. B) Deep sadness or emotional pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep sadness or emotional pain. 9. Definition:to come up with an idea A) Conceived. B) Acute. C) Suppositions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conceived. 10. Which word best describes the mood of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? A) Happy. B) Exciting. C) Calm. D) Eerie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eerie. 11. "There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police." What does the word "suavity" mean in the above sentence? A) Intelligence and good judgement. B) Energetic gestures; strong movement of hands and arms. C) Cautious. D) Smooth manner; smoothness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smooth manner; smoothness. 12. How does the fragile old-man dies? A) He get shot with a pistol. B) Due to old age. C) The madman chopped his limbs off. D) Suffocated with the bed sheets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suffocated with the bed sheets. 13. Professing feelings of virtues one does not have A) Hypocritical. B) Tenuous. C) Illicit. D) Facilitate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypocritical. 14. What does the term 'sagacity' mean in the story? A) Acuteness of mental discernment & soundness of judgment; wisdom. B) To listen attentively; give heed. C) To suppress, curb, or withhold; muffled. D) Not perceived or commented on; not seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acuteness of mental discernment & soundness of judgment; wisdom. 15. Definition:extremely sensitive A) Foresight. B) Acute. C) Ceased. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acute. 16. What is the term for a piece of lumber with a small cross section? A) Scantlings. B) Concealment. C) Suavity. D) Bade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scantlings. 17. What about the old man scares and angers the narrator? A) His clouded eye. B) His pet cat. C) His old house. D) His children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His clouded eye. 18. Which vocabulary word means to be wise or have good judgement? A) Audacity. B) Sententious. C) Vehemently. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sagacity. 19. Warning or threatening is ..... A) Ominous. B) Entreating. C) Fancy. D) Mien. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ominous. 20. Sneeky; sly A) Concealment. B) Derision. C) Vehemently. D) Cunningly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cunningly. ← 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