This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 56 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did the narrator claim the old-man's eyes looked like? A) A snake's eyes. B) A cat's eye. C) A vulture's eye. D) A murderer's eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A vulture's eye. 2. Survival is a human ..... A) Instinct. B) Precaution. C) Suspicion. D) Crevice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instinct. 3. When you make a ..... of something, you make fun of it. A) Vex. B) Mockery. C) Sagacity. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mockery. 4. The humidity outside is ..... I feel like I can barely breathe and it's hard to do any exercise outside in this humidity because it makes it so hard to breathe. A) Stifling. B) Foresight. C) Wary. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stifling. 5. The word vexed means ..... A) Disturbed. B) Sharp. C) Boldness. D) Forcefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disturbed. 6. N. Small quantities or amounts A) Bade. B) Distinctness. C) Foresight. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scantlings. 7. She ..... another yawn and tried very hard to look interested in the lesson. A) Stifled. B) Audacity. C) Acute. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stifled. 8. Knowing in advance A) Foresight. B) Groan. C) Vexed. D) Waned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foresight. 9. What is the part of speech for the word 'Setting'? A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 10. His night vision was acute. A) Intense; extremely great. B) Adorable. C) An angle of less than 90 0. D) Poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intense; extremely great. 11. Select the phrase that BEST completes the statement based on the information presented in paragraphs 15 and 16.The narrator seems determined to convince ..... A) The police that he is sane, and the reader that he is guilty. B) The reader that he is sane, and the police that he is innocent. C) The old man that he is sorry, and the neighbors that he is innocent. D) The neighbors that he is mad, and the old man that he is dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reader that he is sane, and the police that he is innocent. 12. Which word means the same as 'dissemble': A) Pretend. B) Unmask. C) Expose. D) Reveal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pretend. 13. "The football player was too nervous to participate in the school's play because he was fearful of his friend's derision." What does derision mean? A) Support. B) Mockery. C) Feelings. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mockery. 14. What did the narrator claim was the reason for his over acuteness of the senses? A) Madness. B) Trauma. C) Supernatural powers. D) Genetic condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supernatural powers. 15. What is the best way to use bade in a sentence A) The dog was tired. B) The boy was compelled to finish his homework. C) The girl was frustrated that she couldnt have a cookie. D) The teacher had a serious look on her face. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boy was compelled to finish his homework. 16. Definition:ended A) Ceased. B) Crevice. C) Waned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ceased. 17. Which is the meaning of the word 'stifle'? A) Stop or hold back. B) Causing death. C) To irritate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stop or hold back. 18. N. sound (clear) judgement A) Suavity. B) Scantlings. C) Sagacity. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 19. Which part of the plot introduces the characters? A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 20. Mournful:joyful:: ..... :stupidity A) Vehemently. B) Sagacity. C) Audacity. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagacity. ← 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