The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 60 (20 MCQs)

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1. A smooth, agreeable manner or quality

Correct Answer: A) Suavity.

2. Inducing sadness, regret, or grief

Correct Answer: C) Mournful.

3. Which point of view is used in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' when the narrator is not a character in the story?

Correct Answer: D) Third person omniscient.

4. What is the narrator most likely hearing when he thinks he hears the old man's heartbeat?

Correct Answer: C) His own heartbeat.

5. We can infer that the narrator confessed because

Correct Answer: C) He felt guilty.

6. To form or create a plan in the mind

Correct Answer: D) Conceived.

7. What is the past tense of the verb 'bid'?

Correct Answer: A) Bade.

8. What kinds of works did he mainly publish?

Correct Answer: A) Short stories and poems.

9. What is the meaning of the word 'vex'?

Correct Answer: C) To irritate, annoy, or provoke someone.

10. Bold or daring is best described as

Correct Answer: A) Adacity.

11. Contemptuous ridicule or mockery

Correct Answer: C) Derision.

12. Highly perceptive

Correct Answer: D) Acute.

13. Veil

Correct Answer: A) A piece of material worn to protect/conceal the face.

14. The ability to predict what will happen in the future

Correct Answer: B) Foresight.

15. Nervous or worried

Correct Answer: C) Anxious.

16. Wary "He was too wary to make a careless mistake."

Correct Answer: B) (Def.) Cautious.

17. In the days leading up to the crime, which phrase BEST describes the narrator's actions toward the old man?

Correct Answer: B) Especially kind.

18. Infer the meaning of deed in the following: "[He was dead]. I smiled because the deed was done."

Correct Answer: A) An action that is performed intentionally.

19. Which word is a synonym for the word audacity?

Correct Answer: A) Boldness.

20. Details that are considered insignificant

Correct Answer: C) Trifle.