This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 59 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 59 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The loud boom of the fireworks scared the dog" is an example of which term? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 2. What is the definition of the word 'profound'? A) To form an idea; think. B) Having deep insight or understanding. C) To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy. D) Irritated; annoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having deep insight or understanding. 3. This discovery was not accidental, but was due to the ..... of those who designed the voyage. A) Supposition. B) Derision. C) Deputed. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sagacity. 4. I continually dialed the number, but it was always busy. Continually means ..... A) One time. B) Bi-weekly. C) On a regularly basis. D) Yearly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On a regularly basis. 5. My mom's hug enveloped me and made me feel safe. A) Surrounded. B) Released. C) Smothered. D) Harmed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surrounded. 6. Which word from our discussion questions means a comparison between two different things (this IS TO this AS that IS TO that or similes/metaphors)? A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Analogy. D) Illusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 7. Which word best describes the mood during the climax of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? A) Calm. B) Joyful. C) Boring. D) Intense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intense. 8. What is the main idea of the story? A) The story is about a heart, an eye and a curse. B) The story is about police officers who arrest a criminal. C) The story is about a man who commits a crime and is driven to confession. D) The story is about a man who has a heart problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The story is about a man who commits a crime and is driven to confession. 9. Which fiction term relates to the place on a plot diagram where the conflict develops? A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 10. What is the definition of 'Suppositions'? A) Facts that are supported by evidence. B) Conclusions drawn from careful analysis. C) Ideas that are based on logical reasoning. D) An uncertain belief. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An uncertain belief. 11. Select the phrase that BEST completes the statement based on the information presented about the M'Naghten Rule.According to this rule, a jury should accept that a man is not responsible for his crime only if A) His insanity has been proven or established. B) His guilt has been proven or established. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His insanity has been proven or established. 12. Full of fury, rage, anger A) Disheveled. B) Hastily. C) Alibi. D) Furious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Furious. 13. Behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel A) Hypocritical. B) Wary. C) Mockery. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypocritical. 14. What time was it after the body was hidden? A) 12 AM. B) 2 AM. C) 4 AM. D) 6 AM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4 AM. 15. Fill in the blank with the correct missing vocabulary word. When I ..... a bad smell, I remembered my uneaten sandwich. A) Undid. B) Agony. C) Wary. D) Detected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Detected. 16. The quality of having good judgment A) Suavity. B) Concealment. C) Sagacity. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 17. Define the word refrained A) To stop. B) In a careful and sneaky way. C) Stop oneself from doing something. D) Making hand movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stop oneself from doing something. 18. It was a ..... piece of detective work. A) Profound. B) Stifled. C) Hastily. D) Cunning. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cunning. 19. Mournful A) Feeling grief. B) Feeling happiness. C) Feeling anger. D) Feeling disgust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling grief. 20. What did the narrator take as a sweet medicine to clear and strengthen sight? A) Honey. B) Herbal tea. C) Medicinal herbs. D) Divine form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divine form. ← 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