This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 54 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Second person point of view A) Directions. B) A narrative. C) Bird's eye view of the story. D) Evidence from the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directions. 2. How did the narrator dispose of the old man's body? A) Buried it in the garden. B) Threw it in the river. C) Burned it in the fireplace. D) Dismembered it and hid the parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dismembered it and hid the parts. 3. Stifling A) Building upwards. B) Suffocating. C) Creating. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffocating. 4. Definition:thinking ahead A) Hearken. B) Waned. C) Foresight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foresight. 5. Aggressive boldness. A) Audacity. B) Derision. C) Sagacity. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 6. Foresight means ..... A) Hiding. B) Troubled, distressed. C) Thoughtful about the future. D) Clearly defined. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thoughtful about the future. 7. Why is the suspense in a horror story greater than in other stories? A) A Horror writers are better at creating suspense than other writers. B) B Readers know from the start that something bad is going to happen. C) C Characters in horror stories are scarier than characters in other stories. D) D There is tension because monsters in horror stories do unexpected things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B Readers know from the start that something bad is going to happen. 8. My brother loves to ..... me whenever he gets a chance. A) Vex. B) Wary. C) Gesticulation. D) Refrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vex. 9. Who is the Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" ? A) Virginia Woolf. B) Edgar Allan Poe. C) J.K. Rowling. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edgar Allan Poe. 10. I talked more and with a heightened voice. A) Whisper. B) Loud. C) Climb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loud. 11. V. to lay at rest A) Bade. B) Hearkening. C) Reposed. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reposed. 12. Trifle A) Short duration but typically severe (usually regarding a disease or its symptoms). B) An uncertain belief. C) Ridicule/mockery (synonyms). D) A thing of little value or importance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A thing of little value or importance. 13. Why does the narrator tell the officers to "tear up the planks" ? A) He wanted to be caught for the crime all along. B) He knew that they would find the evidence eventually. C) He believes they hear the heartbeat and are mocking him. D) He hears the old man heartbeat and believes he is still alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He believes they hear the heartbeat and are mocking him. 14. His violent ..... did not disturb the police officers. A) Suavity. B) Sagacity. C) Gesticulations. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gesticulations. 15. When was Edgar Allan Poe born? A) 1809. B) 1908. C) 2008. D) 1835. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1809. 16. Having or showing great knowledge or understanding; very deeply felt A) Resolved. B) Vexed. C) Sufficient. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Profound. 17. What is another term for an informed guess or hypothesis? A) Suppositions. B) Suavity. C) Reposed. D) Bade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suppositions. 18. To be honest and direct A) Triumphant. B) Straightforward. C) Vexed. D) Mocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Straightforward. 19. Choose the synonym for 'audacity': A) Boldness. B) Fearlessness. C) Timidity. D) Courage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boldness. 20. Which statement best describes a major theme of the story. A) People can never truly escape the terrible things they have done. B) People without remorse can commit terrible crimes without consequences. C) People often make a mistake while committing a crime because of their arrogance. D) People who are very lonely may turn their feelings on others and cause them harm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People can never truly escape the terrible things they have done. ← 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