This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Suavity A) Something done in a clever and deceitful way. B) A piece of material worn to protect/conceal the face. C) The quality of being sophisticated and charming. D) A narrow opening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The quality of being sophisticated and charming. 2. The narrator placed his own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What is the tone of the narrator's voice when confessing to the crime? A) Remorseful. B) Joyful. C) Apologetic. D) Defiant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remorseful. 4. Sagacity A) Sound judgement. B) Bold courage, daring. C) Urged, compelled. D) Gracefulness, politeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sound judgement. 5. What does the word VEXED mean? A) To put a spell on. B) To irritate. C) To confuse. D) To make nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To irritate. 6. Which word best captures the overall mood of this passage?The old house was creaking loudly that night. Shadows of tree branches stretched across the walls of Brandon's room like the fingers of an alien hand. He stared at them for a moment. Then, with a shudder, he hid his head under the covers. A) Humorous. B) Peaceful. C) Angry. D) Frightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frightening. 7. Refers to the author's attitude toward a certain topic. Through specific word choice, the author reveals their feelings and opinions to the reader, conveying the author's intentions behind the text. The tone of a story is always described using an adjective. A) Tone. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Similarly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 8. What does the suffix-ity mean? A) A descriptor. B) A quality or a state. C) The location of something. D) Beforehand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A quality or a state. 9. Gesticulations A) Keeping very still. B) Energetic gestures of the hands or arm. C) Smiling in a creepy way. D) One more . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energetic gestures of the hands or arm. 10. Acute A) Darling. B) Serious. C) Miniature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serious. 11. What genre is Poe typically known for writing? A) Comedy. B) Horror. C) Drama. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horror. 12. Showing intellectual or emotion depth A) Stifled. B) Suavity. C) Profound. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Profound. 13. Bravery A) Derision. B) Gesticulations. C) Audacity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacity. 14. Ugly or disgusting to look at; extremely unpleasant A) Hideous. B) Cunningly. C) Wary. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hideous. 15. Characteristic of being smooth and agreeable A) Ambiguity. B) Cordiality. C) Suavity. D) Pretense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suavity. 16. To listen carefully A) Suppositions. B) Sagacity. C) Audacity. D) Hearken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hearken. 17. Which word means grossly offensive? A) Hideous. B) Stimulate. C) Wary. D) Suspicion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hideous. 18. His interpretation of "The Raven" was very ..... A) Profound. B) Suavity. C) Wary. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profound. 19. CUNNINGLY A) CRAZY. B) TIRED; EXHAUSTION. C) CLEVER; SLY; CRAFTY. D) TEASING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CLEVER; SLY; CRAFTY. 20. The quality of having good judgment; wisdom A) Audacity. B) Acute. C) Sagacity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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 8The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 9The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books