This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word means 'sharp or severe'? A) Dull. B) Blunt. C) Acute. D) Mild. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acute. 2. In paragraph 11, what is the "new anxiety" that finally causes the narrator to leap at the old man? A) That someone might come to the house. B) That the old man might have called the police. C) That someone might hear the heartbeat. D) That someone might see the lantern light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That someone might hear the heartbeat. 3. Select the word that BEST completes the statement based on the information presented in paragraph 1.The narrator assumes the reader things he is ..... A) Insane. B) Sorry. C) Clever. D) Evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insane. 4. Definition:doing something in a dishonest way A) Hearken. B) Repose. C) Cautiously. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cautiously. 5. The old man was dead. The narrator removed the bed and: A) The narrator examined the corpse. B) The narrator examined the bed. C) The narrator examined the scene. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The narrator examined the corpse. 6. The characters in the movie were ..... when their pet died. The characters in the movie were ..... when their pet died. A) Gradual. B) Mournful. C) Vex. D) Distinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mournful. 7. What does the narrator do after the old man's heart stops beating? A) Leaves the room. B) Calls for help. C) Removes the bed. D) Examines the corpse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Removes the bed. 8. Vexed "He was vexed by the old man's eye." A) (Def.) Sharp. B) (Def.) Disturbed. C) (Def.) Intelligence and good judgment. D) (Def.) Held back. E) (Def.) Without success or results. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (Def.) Disturbed. 9. I find it very ..... when my mom doesn't pick up her phone when I call. A) Suavity. B) Hearkening. C) Audacity. D) Vexing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vexing. 10. What did the narrator claim was the object of his passion? A) His work. B) His master. C) Money. D) The old man's eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The old man's eye. 11. Sound judgment; intelligence A) Suavity. B) Scantlings. C) Sagacity. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 12. What does the word hearkening mean as it is used in this line from paragraph 7? (V.1.3) "He was still sitting up in the bed listening, -just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall." (Paragraph 7) A) Listen. B) Awaken. C) Sleep. D) Ignore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listen. 13. What is the purpose of the narrator's obsession with the old man's eye? A) To symbolize evil and the narrator's fear. B) To represent the narrator's love for the old man. C) To highlight the old man's intelligence. D) To demonstrate the narrator's curiosity about the human body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To symbolize evil and the narrator's fear. 14. Definition:to listen A) Repose. B) Hearken. C) Vex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hearken. 15. What you do to your dog to get him to obey A) Awe. B) Wane. C) Suavity. D) Bade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bade. 16. What is the purpose of the em dash in the following line from The Tell-Tale Heart? "You should have seen how wisely I proceeded-with what caution-with what foresight-with what dissimulation I went to work!" A) To add a joke. B) To interrupt his thought process and create parallel thoughts. C) To convince the reader that the narrator is not mad. D) To convince the reader that the narrator is mad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To interrupt his thought process and create parallel thoughts. 17. A new fear seized me. A) To grab ahold. B) To shock. C) To answer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To grab ahold. 18. What is the setting of the story? A) The old man's attic at midnight. B) The old man's house, in his bedroom at midnight. C) The old man's bedroom in his house in the country. D) The old man's basement at midnight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The old man's house, in his bedroom at midnight. 19. Hateful, repulsive A) Loathsome. B) Derision. C) Acute. D) Gesticulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loathsome. 20. Done in a sly or deceiving manner A) Dreadfully. B) Cunningly. C) Mockery. D) Hypocritical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cunningly. 21. Sharp or severe in effect; sudden A) Acute. B) Sagacity. C) Vexed. D) Stifled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acute. 22. What type of figurative language is being used below? Select the BEST answer. "Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim." A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. I stood with my mouth ..... as I watched the volcano erupt. A) Blathered. B) Vexed. C) Keen. D) Agape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agape. 24. Not having or showing complete trust in someone or something that could be dangerous or cause trouble; cautious A) Shrieked. B) Wary. C) Cleverly. D) Waned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wary. 25. In a forceful manner A) Analogy. B) Vehemently. C) Heinous. D) Cohesive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehemently. 26. Define the word hastily A) In a hurry and without carefulness. B) Take a bold risk. C) Without success. D) In a smooth graceful manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a hurry and without carefulness. 27. What does the word 'dissimulation' mean in the context of the story? A) Concealment of thoughts. B) Taking risks. C) Highly insightful. D) Highly perceptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment of thoughts. 28. A tag on the back of your shirt will do this A) Suavity. B) Waned. C) Bade. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vex. 29. Sharp or keen (like sharp sense of hearing) A) Vehement. B) Foresight. C) Acute. D) Audacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acute. 30. Gracefulness, politeness A) Waned. B) Suavity. C) Bade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suavity. 31. Hiding of one's feelings or purposes A) Disassemble. B) Concealment. C) Gesticulation. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concealment. 32. Match the definition:To be annoyed, frustrated or worried. A) Profound. B) Concealment. C) Acute. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vexed. 33. What does the word 'suavity' mean in the context of the story? A) Highly perceptive. B) Wisdom. C) The quality of being charmed or polished. D) Concealment of thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The quality of being charmed or polished. 34. Bold courage, daring A) Audacity. B) Waned. C) Awe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 35. Dashes are used by writers for what purpose? A) To cause a break in thought/add information. B) To create a subtle pause in a sentence. C) To add a quotation. D) To explain something in more detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To cause a break in thought/add information. 36. He ..... me because he constantly pulls my hair and ties my shoelaces together. A) Cunning. B) Vexes. C) Stealthily. D) Resolves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vexes. 37. Definition:lessened in strength A) Waned. B) Cunning. C) Audacity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waned. 38. Definition:a piece of wood A) Scantlings. B) Crevice. C) Anxiety. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scantlings. 39. "[I] placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim." What does the word "reposed" mean in the above sentence? A) State of rest; rested. B) Forcefully; passionately. C) Sharp. D) Doing something in a sneaky, crafty, and skillful manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of rest; rested. 40. Antonym for mild A) Sufficient. B) Vehemently. C) Profound. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Profound. 41. In an instant, the narrator dragged another man to the floor; and pulled the heavy bed over him. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 42. What does acute mean? A) Pretty; Attractive. B) Sharp; Keen. C) Dull; Boring. D) Happy; Smiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sharp; Keen. 43. What is the conflict of a story? A) A bad hair day. B) A boxing match. C) The problem faced by the main character. D) The ending of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The problem faced by the main character. 44. Which point of view term relates to the story being told by a narrator outside of the story? A) Third person. B) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third person. 45. Match the definition:Ridicule. A) Mortal. B) Trifle. C) Pitied. D) Mockery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mockery. 46. Not seen or noticed A) Waned. B) Wary. C) Unperceived. D) Premises. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unperceived. 47. Why does the narrator seat himself and the officers in the room where the body is hidden? A) He is feeling boastful of how well he hid the body. B) He is going mad and wants to torture himself with guilt. C) He is worried he will give away the body's location otherwise. D) He is convinced it is the only way to keep the officers from finding the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is feeling boastful of how well he hid the body. 48. His knowledge of the subject was ..... A) Acute. B) Unperceived. C) Mockery. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Profound. 49. Which is the synonym of vexed? A) Abstained. B) Annoyed. C) Neglect. D) Disregard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annoyed. 50. What is a Hyperbole? A) A comparison using "like" or "as". B) Words that create an exaggerated comparison or overstatement. C) An expression that doesn't exactly mean what the words say. D) Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Words that create an exaggerated comparison or overstatement. 51. When the narrator tells the story of "he" or "she" and reveals two or more characters thought or feelings A) Second-Person. B) Third-Person Objective. C) First-Person. D) Third-Person Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third-Person Omniscient. 52. The chemistry questions on the test vexed the student so much that you could almost see sweat form on his head. A) Intrigue. B) Question. C) Calm. D) Annoy, frustrate, worry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Annoy, frustrate, worry. 53. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is written in which Point of View? A) And. B) 3rd Limited. C) 1st. D) 3rd Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st. 54. Timbers or relatively slight width and thickness A) Waned. B) Trifle. C) Vexed. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scantlings. 55. In paragraph 2, the narrator says about his plan, "Object there was none." Which choice BEST explains what he means? A) I have no fear of killing the old man. B) I have no objection to killing the old man. C) I have no plan to gain anything by killing the old man. D) I have no weapon with which to kill the old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I have no plan to gain anything by killing the old man. 56. Symbolism is ..... A) Something unexpected. B) Anything that stands for something else. C) A comparison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anything that stands for something else. 57. Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or true personality A) Vehemently. B) Foresight. C) Concealment. D) Triumph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concealment. 58. Select the word that Best completes the statement based on the information presented in paragraphs 3 and 4.The narrator's main feeling about his own actions seems to be ..... A) Guilt. B) Doubt. C) Pride. D) Disgust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pride. 59. Suavity "The police showed perfect suavity." A) (Def.) Forcefully. B) (Def.) Boldness. C) (Def.) Cautious. D) (Def.) Smooth manner; smoothness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (Def.) Smooth manner; smoothness. 60. In the middle of paragraph 3, what does the narrator mean by a "dark lantern" ? A) One that is not lit. B) One that is lit but covered up. C) A lantern that doesn't work. D) A lantern with a black light bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One that is lit but covered up. ← 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