This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which detail about the narrator's personality makes him appear the most psychotic? A) He is so careful to hide everything he does. B) He kills the old man. C) He hears imaginary heartbeats. D) He tries to convince the reader of his sanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He tries to convince the reader of his sanity. 2. What is the mood of the narrator at the beginning of paragraph 16, while he is talking to the police? A) Calm and confident. B) Sad and gloomy. C) Quiet and sleepy. D) Tense and irritable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calm and confident. 3. Very cautious; being on guard against danger or trickery A) Audacity. B) Wary. C) Vehemently. D) Mockery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wary. 4. She ..... her granddaughter in her arms when she got off the plane. A) Sagacity. B) Vexed. C) Enveloped. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enveloped. 5. Suppositions"Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions ..... " A) (Def.) An assumption; speculation. B) (Def.) Not mentally ill; of sound mind. C) (Def.) Mentally ill; insane. D) (Def.) Energetic gestures. E) (Def.) Ridicule; taunts; disrespect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Def.) An assumption; speculation. 6. To hide under false pretense A) Disassemble. B) Audacity. C) Mockery. D) Gesticulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disassemble. 7. Small beams or timbers A) Gothic horror. B) Disassemble. C) Scantlings. D) Hearken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scantlings. 8. He vexes me; I truly do not understand him. A) Casts a spell. B) Irritates; worries. C) Hates. D) Loves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irritates; worries. 9. An example of personification in the text is ..... A) You fancy me mad. B) Hearken. C) Evil eye. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evil eye. 10. A confident and daring quality that is often seen as shocking or rude A) Audacity. B) Mockery. C) Awe. D) Hypocritical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 11. Synonym for clever A) Acute. B) Sagacity. C) Profound. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acute. 12. Definition of audacity: A) Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense. B) To bring to mind something in the past:hearken back. C) Rhythmical throbbing or vibrating (as of an artery). D) A willingness to take bold risks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A willingness to take bold risks. 13. He was impressed with his own ..... A) Audacity. B) Suavity. C) Sagacity. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 14. What does the word FATIGUES mean? A) Mental or physical tiredness. B) Strips of leather used to whip livestock. C) Extreme confusion. D) An ending or stopping point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mental or physical tiredness. 15. Wild hand movements; an expressive gesture made in showing strong feelings A) Derision. B) Gesticulations. C) Concealment. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gesticulations. 16. What does the word 'acute' mean in the context of the story? A) Highly perceptive. B) Concealment of thoughts. C) Taking risks. D) Highly insightful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Highly perceptive. 17. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions A) Vehement. B) Cunning. C) Profound. D) Hastily. E) Stifled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehement. 18. Behavior or speech that makes fun of someone or something in a hurtful way A) Suavity. B) Audacity. C) Gesticulations. D) Mockery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mockery. 19. The monster was ..... with its green head and four eyes. A) Boring. B) Lovely. C) Hideous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hideous. 20. The actor's ..... helped land him many leading roles in Hollywood movies, even though he wasn't the most talented. A) Suavity. B) Scantlings. C) Derision. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suavity. 21. Which word is a synonym for the word denotative? A) Unique. B) Literal. C) Enfold. D) Resist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literal. 22. Which of the following types of irony occurs when the reader knows something that a character does not know? A) Verbal. B) Socratic. C) Dramatic. D) Situational. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic. 23. Extremely ugly or disgusting A) Furious. B) Ceased. C) Cleverly. D) Hideous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hideous. 24. Definition:to be at rest A) Hearken. B) Repose. C) Waned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repose. 25. "So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night ..... " What does the word "profound" mean in the above sentence? A) Annoyed. B) Extending to great depth. C) Horrified. D) Shallow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extending to great depth. 26. The narrator believes the old man groans because ..... A) The old man cannot fall back asleep. B) The old man is dying of a serious illness. C) The old man can see the narrator at the door. D) The old man senses the man's dangerous presence in the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The old man senses the man's dangerous presence in the room. 27. The amount of arguments Anthony had with his brother ..... him a great deal. A) Perceived. B) Stifled. C) Vexed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vexed. 28. Definition of pulsation: A) The quality of being suave in manner. B) Rhythmical throbbing or vibrating (as of an artery). C) A willingness to take bold risks. D) The quality of being sagacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythmical throbbing or vibrating (as of an artery). 29. Which of the following terms refers to the perspective or vantage point from which a story is told? A) First Person. B) Point of View. C) Speaking perspective. D) Narration Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of View. 30. What does the word DERISION mean? A) Mockery or taunting. B) Deep care and concern. C) Excitement or amusement. D) To come from. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mockery or taunting. 31. What is the definition of 'sententious'? A) Wise. B) Transmitters. C) Concise. D) Talkative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transmitters. 32. Definition of profound: A) (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. B) In a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling. C) A piece of lumber of small cross section. D) In a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. 33. Sane(The opposite of insane.) A) (Def.) An assumption; speculation. B) (Def.) Not mentally ill; of sound mind. C) (Def.) Mentally ill; insane. D) (Def.) Energetic gestures. E) (Def.) Ridicule; taunts; disrespect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (Def.) Not mentally ill; of sound mind. 34. Wood-boring beetles whose heads make a tapping sound; they are regarded as an omen of death A) Concealment. B) Gothic horror. C) Deathwatches. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deathwatches. 35. Why did the police go to the house? A) Because a neighbour had called. B) Because they heard a noise from the street. C) Because they had seen strange shadows from the outside. D) This is not explained in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because a neighbour had called. 36. Joyful over a victory or success A) Devious. B) Mocking. C) Triumphant. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Triumphant. 37. If you do something ..... , you do so with intense emotion. A) Vehemently. B) Hypocritically. C) Crevice. D) Acutely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehemently. 38. What had madness done to the narrator's senses? A) Nothing. B) Sharpened them. C) Dulled them. D) Destroyed them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sharpened them. 39. Infer the meaning of cruel in the following: "They were making a cruel joke of my horror." A) In a regular and even manner. B) A great and painful feeling of fear or shock. C) Willfully causing pain or suffering to others. D) To be deal with something that is upsetting or annoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Willfully causing pain or suffering to others. 40. I saw the ..... eating the dead animal on the road. A) Vulture. B) Toddler. C) Robot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vulture. 41. To whom is the narrator telling his story? A) The old man. B) The readers. C) The police. D) The narrator isn't telling the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The readers. 42. Which of the following terms is used to compare two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, even though it isn't literally true? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 43. The growing tension and excitement felt by readersThis is the definition of which term? A) Foreshadowing. B) Point of view. C) Suspense. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 44. Which point of view is used in 'The Cone'? A) Second person. B) Third person omniscient. C) Third person limited. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third person omniscient. 45. They wore ..... at basic training. A) Audacity. B) Fatigues. C) Derision. D) Mockery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fatigues. 46. What is the meaning of the word 'agape'? A) Fear or dread. B) Mouth closed. C) Romantic love. D) Mouth open wide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mouth open wide. 47. What kind of sound does the narrator describe hearing from the old man? A) A groan of mortal terror. B) A groan of relief. C) A groan of grief. D) A groan of pain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A groan of mortal terror. 48. Disturb the peace of mind of someone. A) Vex. B) Vehement. C) Suppositions. D) Envelop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vex. 49. What needs to be included in an objective summary? A) The theme. B) A plot diagram. C) The five W's (who, what, where, when, why). D) A topic sentence that states the central idea and additional supporting details. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A topic sentence that states the central idea and additional supporting details. 50. Which setting term explains what is going on in society at that time (for example, a war)? It can affect the mood and/or the plot. A) Time. B) Cultural context. C) Setting. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural context. 51. Halloween costumes are good at this A) Hearkening. B) Distinctness. C) Concealment. D) Foresight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concealment. 52. Without calling attention to oneself A) Vex. B) Anguish. C) Audacity. D) Unobtrusively. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unobtrusively. 53. The quality of being knowledgeable and showing good judgement A) Dreadful. B) Vehemently. C) Sagacity. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 54. I expressed to the family my grief at the fire damage to their home. The word grief means ..... A) Deep sadness or emotional pain. B) Extreme happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deep sadness or emotional pain. 55. Definition:to come up with an idea A) Conceived. B) Acute. C) Suppositions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conceived. 56. Which word best describes the mood of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? A) Eerie. B) Exciting. C) Calm. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eerie. 57. "There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police." What does the word "suavity" mean in the above sentence? A) Intelligence and good judgement. B) Energetic gestures; strong movement of hands and arms. C) Cautious. D) Smooth manner; smoothness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smooth manner; smoothness. 58. How does the fragile old-man dies? A) Suffocated with the bed sheets. B) Due to old age. C) The madman chopped his limbs off. D) He get shot with a pistol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffocated with the bed sheets. 59. Professing feelings of virtues one does not have A) Illicit. B) Tenuous. C) Facilitate. D) Hypocritical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hypocritical. 60. What does the term 'sagacity' mean in the story? A) Not perceived or commented on; not seen. B) Acuteness of mental discernment & soundness of judgment; wisdom. C) To suppress, curb, or withhold; muffled. D) To listen attentively; give heed. 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