This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which text structure is used to tell a story in time order (sequential, first to last/last to first)? This term can be used in fiction and nonfiction. A) Chronological order. B) Compare/contrast. C) Cause & effect. D) Problem & solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chronological order. 2. The quality of being charming and gracious in manner. A) Suavity. B) Wary. C) Cunning. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suavity. 3. Which vocabulary word means to speak or act with strong emotion? A) Vehemently. B) Iridescent. C) Sententious. D) Pallid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehemently. 4. Why does the narrator give himself up? A) He wanted to be caught for the crime all along. B) He knew the police would find the body. C) He feels mocked by the heartbeat. D) He thinks the heartbeat means the old man is still alive and well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He feels mocked by the heartbeat. 5. Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language? A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 6. Which phrase best reflects the mood in the final paragraph of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? A) Calm and contentment. B) Fear and excitement. C) Sadness and regret. D) Intense anxiety and guilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intense anxiety and guilt. 7. Unmistakable, clearly defined A) Distinctness. B) Derision. C) Hypocritical. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distinctness. 8. The students showed perfect ..... toward the substitute teacher. A) Acute. B) Vexed. C) Audacity. D) Sauvity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sauvity. 9. Consonance means ..... A) Words that rhyme. B) A device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession, as in "pitter patter". C) Words that start with the letter "c". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession, as in "pitter patter". 10. What does the narrator start to think he hears as the story progresses? A) The roar of the ocean. B) The neighbors laughing at him. C) The old man's heart beating. D) Police sirens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The old man's heart beating. 11. What does the world VULTURE mean? A) A bird of prey that eats dead animals. B) A beautiful long necked white bird that swims. C) A person who appears kind. D) A person who appears confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A bird of prey that eats dead animals. 12. A being that must eventually die A) Agape. B) Blather. C) Mortal. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mortal. 13. Wisdom A) Insight. B) Sagacity. C) Derision. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagacity. 14. How does the narrator's mood change from the beginning to the end of the story? A) Confident to horrified. B) Fearful to happy. C) Satisfied to discontented. D) Angry to calm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confident to horrified. 15. Where was the body hidden? A) In a neighbor's house. B) In a chest. C) Outside in the street. D) In the flooring of the chamber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the flooring of the chamber. 16. All of the following is true of Poe's childhood EXCEPT: A) He was a foster child. B) He began writing poetry around age 13. C) His foster family was the Allen family. D) He grew up in Shrieveport, Louisiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He grew up in Shrieveport, Louisiana. 17. Ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for future A) Foresight. B) Premises. C) Suavity. D) Waned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foresight. 18. Which type of irony occurs when a character says something, but in reality, means something else entirely. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Socratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal. 19. What does the old man do when he hears a noise on the eighth night? A) He cries. B) He sobs with terror. C) He walks to the door. D) He sits up and asks who is there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He sits up and asks who is there. 20. Who entered the old house at the end? A) The old man. B) The servant's mother. C) The servant's friends. D) The police. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The police. ← 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 9The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books