This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Vehemently means ..... A) Putting on false appearances. B) Passionate and intense manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passionate and intense manner. 2. If you are a wary person, you are ..... A) Mean. B) Cautious. C) Smart. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cautious. 3. Stopped yourself from doing something you want to do A) Refrained. B) Detected. C) Concealment. D) Corpse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrained. 4. Infer the meaning of manner in the following: A) A person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others. B) A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood. C) Very loud and clear, like the sound a bell or alarm makes. D) A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others. 5. Where was the corpse concealed (hidden)? A) In the fridge. B) No where. C) Under the floor boards. D) Under the narrator's bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under the narrator's bed. 6. Gesticulation means A) Wariness. B) Energetic gestures. C) Cautious. D) Ridicule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energetic gestures. 7. A character's personality, quality, or character trait (It is almost always true) A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Voice. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voice. 8. Who is the narrator of the story? A) The police. B) The murderer. C) The old man. D) The neighbors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The murderer. 9. Ridicule; make fun of A) Waned. B) Sagacity. C) Blather. D) Mockery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mockery. 10. How does the narrator kill the old man? A) He puts the old man in the basement and nails the door shut. B) He ties the old man to a chair. C) He suffocates the old man with a mattress. D) He takes the old man's eyes. E) The old man dies peacefully in his sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He suffocates the old man with a mattress. 11. How long did it take the narrator to accomplish his goal? A) 7 nights. B) 6 nights. C) 9 nights. D) 8 nights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8 nights. 12. What is the definition of an "external" conflict? A) A struggle between a character and an outside force. B) A problem within the story. C) A struggle that a character has within him/her self. D) A problem caused by the protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A struggle between a character and an outside force. 13. Define the word foresight A) To stop. B) In a hurry and without carefulness. C) In a smooth graceful manner. D) Predict what will happen in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predict what will happen in the future. 14. V. urged, compelled A) Bade. B) Acute. C) Reposed. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bade. 15. Pieces of lumber (wood) of small cross section. A) Sagacity. B) Profound. C) Scantlings. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scantlings. 16. What part of speech is "seized" ? A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 17. A narrow opening A) Concealment. B) Concealment. C) Sagacity. D) Crevice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crevice. 18. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Short Story genre? A) Includes the basic elements of fiction-setting, characters, plot, conflict, and theme. B) Centers on one particular moment or event in the main character's life. C) It has the sense of growing tension, fear, and excitement. D) It can be read in one sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has the sense of growing tension, fear, and excitement. 19. The convict ..... denied committing the crime. A) Audacity. B) Derision. C) Vehemently. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vehemently. 20. Smoothness, politeness A) Withheld, held back. B) Gestures, wild movements. C) Smoothness, politeness. D) Scorn, ridicule, contempt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smoothness, politeness. 21. Energetically or angrily A) Vexed. B) Derision. C) Vehemently. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vehemently. 22. The act of taking risks A) Sagacity. B) Vehemently. C) Audacity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacity. 23. In a clever way that is meant to trick or deceive A) Cunning. B) Stifled. C) Profound. D) Hastily. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cunning. 24. Draw close or end A) Profound. B) Premises. C) Waned. D) Haunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waned. 25. ..... is a characteristic of people who take risks. A) Vex. B) Audacity. C) Acute. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audacity. 26. Stop oneself from doing something A) Vex. B) Vehemently. C) Refrained. D) Mortal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrained. 27. Match the definition:Hiding one's thoughts or feelings. A) Vexed. B) Concealment. C) Profound. D) Hearken. E) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concealment. 28. Resist from doing something. A) Cunning. B) Suavity. C) Wary. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrain. 29. She liked ice-cream, but he liked cake. so they bought both. A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person. 30. What does the word SUAVITY mean? A) To have sadness. B) To be tired. C) To be quiet. D) To have the quality of coolness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To have the quality of coolness. 31. I could tell by her crossed arms, angry scowl o her face, and brisk answers, that she was ..... opposed to the plan we were proposing for the use of the fundraising money. A) Vehemently. B) Audacity. C) Stealthily. D) Warily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehemently. 32. What did the suspect do to the old man's body? A) Dismembered it. B) Covered it with a blanket. C) Hid it in the closet. D) Dragged it out to the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dismembered it. 33. My cat sat in a strange, reposed state next to the door. What does the word "reposed" mean in the above sentence? A) The cat was very still and not moving. B) The cat forcefully and passionately moved along the door. C) The cat was being sharp and quick-witted next to the door. D) The cat was being bold and daring next to the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cat was very still and not moving. 34. Very badly, awfully A) Dreadfully. B) Cunningly. C) Fluently. D) Steathily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dreadfully. 35. How does the sound of the old man's heart beat affect the narrator? A) It frightens the narrator and drives him from the room. B) It helps the narrator realize that he does not want to kill the old man. C) It further encourages the narrator to silence the old man's heartbeat. D) It confuses the narrator because he is not close enough to be able to hear it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It further encourages the narrator to silence the old man's heartbeat. 36. The hiding of someone's thoughts and feelings is best described as ..... A) Cunning. B) Concealment. C) Audacity. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concealment. 37. You made a ..... of me by laughing at what happened! A) Mockery. B) Audacity. C) Joke. D) Clown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mockery. 38. A very strong feeling of fear A) Hideous. B) Terror. C) Mad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terror. 39. The speaker ..... at the policeman. A) Raved. B) Vex. C) Acute. D) Waned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raved. 40. Boldness, over-confidence A) Audacity. B) Foresight. C) Reposed. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 41. How would you define the term 'stealthily'? A) Acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. B) Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception; sensitive. C) Ridicule, contempt, or derision; subject of laughter. D) To give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. 42. What is an uncertain belief? A) Vehemently. B) Suppositions. C) Acutely. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suppositions. 43. Showing great knowledge or understanding A) Profound. B) Acute. C) Sufficient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profound. 44. Great suffering or severe pain A) Vexed. B) Boo boo. C) Laughter. D) Agony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agony. 45. The sound of ..... laughter echoed through the library after a joke was told. The sound of ..... laughter echoed through the library after a joke was told. A) Audacity. B) Conceive. C) Stifled. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stifled. 46. The opponent of the main character? A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 47. An uncertain belief A) Scarcely. B) Sagacity. C) Supposition. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supposition. 48. How did the narrator try to convince the officers that nothing was wrong? A) By showing them the hidden body parts. B) By bribing them with money. C) By confessing to the crime. D) By leading them around the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By leading them around the house. 49. What feature does the Old Man in "The Tell-Tale Heart" have? A) A mustache. B) A crooked smile . C) A pale blue eye. D) A crooked nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A pale blue eye. 50. What does the character want to do with the eye? A) Find out why it is so evil. B) Keep it as a trophy. C) Rid himself of it forever. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rid himself of it forever. 51. Match the definition:Violent and uncontrollable anger. A) Vehemently. B) Wary. C) Audacity. D) Fury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fury. 52. What bothered the narrator about the old man? A) His age. B) His eye. C) His money. D) His gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His eye. 53. "Above all was the sense of hearing acute." What does the word "acute" mean in the above sentence? A) The narrator's sense of hearing helps him be more cautious and paranoid. B) The narrator's sense of hearing is annoying and bothers him. C) The narrator's sense of hearing is sharp and precise. D) The narrator's sense of hearing makes him more bold and daring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator's sense of hearing is sharp and precise. 54. I heard many things in the underworld. A) Heaven. B) World below earth. C) Under the grass. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) World below earth. 55. How would you define the term 'stifled'? A) To suppress, curb, or withhold; muffled. B) Not perceived or commented on; not seen. C) Acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. D) Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception; sensitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To suppress, curb, or withhold; muffled. 56. Irritated; annoyed A) Stifled. B) Foresight. C) Sagacity. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vexed. 57. Conforming to moral and ethical principles A) Villainously. B) Precisely. C) Suavity. D) Virtuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Virtuous. 58. The two main characters in "The Tell-Tale Heart" are the Old Man and ..... A) Fortunato. B) The Narrator. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) The raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Narrator. 59. ..... is the use of words that imitate sounds such as, crash, buzz, hiss, cluck? A) Theme. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 60. Strong feeling of enjoyment and interest A) Enthusiasm. B) Suspicion. C) Love. D) Wary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enthusiasm. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books