This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many pieces from Oliver Twist did Lisa craft? A) 85. B) 45. C) 65. D) 75. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 75. 2. Dogs that are a part of the K-9 unit have a keen sense of smell that must be used to solve crimes. A) Tough. B) Increased. C) Altered. D) Sharp, strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sharp, strong. 3. What part of speech is the word triumph? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 4. Definition:beating A) Pulsation. B) Sagacity. C) Vex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pulsation. 5. As he continues talking to the police in paragraph 16, in what way does the narrator start to feel odd? A) His head aches. B) He feels himself "getting pale" . C) He hears a ringing in his ears. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. Annoy; to trouble A) Vex. B) Audacity. C) Profound. D) Anguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vex. 7. Which word or phrase is a synonym for the word cunningly? A) Cleverly. B) Making fun of. C) Literally. D) Boldness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cleverly. 8. What did the narrator attribute the perfection of his work to? A) Love. B) Luck. C) Money. D) Fame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 9. Michael had to deal with the class's derision after he fell in the mud. What does the word "derision" mean in the above sentence? A) Michael's classmates were making fun of him. B) Michael's classmates were using wild hand gestures. C) Michael sensed that his classmates were holding back. D) Michael knew his classmates were disguising their true intentions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michael's classmates were making fun of him. 10. Since he denies being mad, the "disease" that the narrator refers to as having sharpened his senses seems to be ..... A) His nervousness. B) A headache. C) An earache. D) His depression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His nervousness. 11. What sense does the narrator say is "acute" ? A) Taste. B) Smelling. C) Seeing. D) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hearing. 12. Which of the following emotions is not felt by the reader when the story is suspenseful? A) Fear. B) Excitement. C) Sadness. D) Tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sadness. 13. What does the term 'deception' mean in the context of the story? A) To form an idea; think. B) Irritated; annoyed. C) To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy. D) The act of deceiving; the state of being deceived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The act of deceiving; the state of being deceived. 14. Wood-boring beetles whose head make a tapping sound; they are superstitiously regarded as an omen of death A) Disassemble. B) Hearken. C) Gothic horror. D) Deathwatches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deathwatches. 15. In a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling. A) Gesticulations. B) Vehemently. C) Suavity. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehemently. 16. He was upset by the ..... of his friend. A) Raved. B) Derision. C) Profound. D) Stifled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derision. 17. What did the narrator claim the old-man's eyes looked like? A) A murderer's eye. B) A snake's eyes. C) A vulture's eye. D) A cat's eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A vulture's eye. 18. Survival is a human ..... A) Suspicion. B) Crevice. C) Precaution. D) Instinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Instinct. 19. When you make a ..... of something, you make fun of it. A) Vex. B) Sagacity. C) Mockery. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mockery. 20. The humidity outside is ..... I feel like I can barely breathe and it's hard to do any exercise outside in this humidity because it makes it so hard to breathe. A) Foresight. B) Wary. C) Stifling. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stifling. 21. N. Small quantities or amounts A) Distinctness. B) Bade. C) Foresight. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scantlings. 22. She ..... another yawn and tried very hard to look interested in the lesson. A) Vexed. B) Audacity. C) Stifled. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stifled. 23. Knowing in advance A) Vexed. B) Foresight. C) Waned. D) Groan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foresight. 24. What is the part of speech for the word 'Setting'? A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 25. His night vision was acute. A) Adorable. B) Poor. C) An angle of less than 90 0. D) Intense; extremely great. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intense; extremely great. 26. Select the phrase that BEST completes the statement based on the information presented in paragraphs 15 and 16.The narrator seems determined to convince ..... A) The police that he is sane, and the reader that he is guilty. B) The reader that he is sane, and the police that he is innocent. C) The old man that he is sorry, and the neighbors that he is innocent. D) The neighbors that he is mad, and the old man that he is dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reader that he is sane, and the police that he is innocent. 27. Which word means the same as 'dissemble': A) Reveal. B) Pretend. C) Expose. D) Unmask. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pretend. 28. "The football player was too nervous to participate in the school's play because he was fearful of his friend's derision." What does derision mean? A) Money. B) Mockery. C) Support. D) Feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mockery. 29. What is the best way to use bade in a sentence A) The dog was tired. B) The boy was compelled to finish his homework. C) The teacher had a serious look on her face. D) The girl was frustrated that she couldnt have a cookie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boy was compelled to finish his homework. 30. Definition:ended A) Ceased. B) Crevice. C) Waned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ceased. 31. Which is the meaning of the word 'stifle'? A) Stop or hold back. B) Causing death. C) To irritate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stop or hold back. 32. N. sound (clear) judgement A) Suavity. B) Sagacity. C) Scantlings. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagacity. 33. Which part of the plot introduces the characters? A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 34. Mournful:joyful:: ..... :stupidity A) Vehemently. B) Acute. C) Audacity. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sagacity. 35. Edgar Allen Poe married ..... A) His cousin. B) A woman named Sandy. C) Someone twice his age. D) At the age of 82. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His cousin. 36. Which character from Scope magazine's dramatic version of "The Tell Tale Heart" is an example of a round character? A) The ravens. B) The heart. C) The old man. D) The villain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The villain. 37. An intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust. A) Mockery. B) Mad. C) Horror. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horror. 38. Which word is closest in meaning to acute? A) Previous. B) Sharp. C) Dull. D) Close. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sharp. 39. To annoy or bother A) Stifle. B) Hearken. C) Vex. D) Overcharge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vex. 40. Highly perspective A) Profound. B) Acute. C) Vehemently. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acute. 41. N. being hidden under a false appearance A) Concealment. B) Distinctness. C) Audacity. D) Foresight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 42. What is the servant's behaviour towards the old man? A) He hates him. B) He loves him. C) He doesn't care about him. D) Very nice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He loves him. 43. Deep understanding A) Clueless. B) Sagacity. C) Hearkening. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Profound. 44. His nervousness increased his ..... sense of hearing. A) Acute. B) Audacity. C) Derision. D) Wary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acute. 45. What sound does the narrator hear that excites his fury? A) The beating of a drum. B) The ticking of a watch. C) The sound of silence. D) The old man's scream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ticking of a watch. 46. ..... means rude or disrespectful behavior A) Audacity. B) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 47. To affect someone suddenly A) Hideous. B) Vulture. C) Seized. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seized. 48. To put an end to or to stop is ..... A) Scarce. B) Yore. C) Surcease. D) Ominous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surcease. 49. Hypothesis or assumption A) Gesticulations. B) Suavity. C) Stimulate. D) Suppositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suppositions. 50. Infer the meaning of corpse in the following: "Do you think I'm mad? Consider how I hid the body. First, I cut up the corpse." A) A person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others. B) A dead human body. C) Very loud and clear, like the sound a bell or alarm makes. D) Having less colour than usual, typically as a result of shock, fear, or ill health. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dead human body. 51. What does the word 'dismembered' mean in the context of the story? A) Deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture with one's hands. B) Ridicule, contempt, or derision; subject of laughter. C) A beat or throb, as of the pulse. D) To cut, tear, or pull off the limbs of; to divide into pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To cut, tear, or pull off the limbs of; to divide into pieces. 52. Match the definition:Subject to death. A) Mortal. B) Pitied. C) Wary. D) Stealthily. E) Fury. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mortal. 53. Why does the narrator believe himself to be sane? A) He has never been called "mad" to his face. B) He wisely executes his plan to kill the old man. C) He has no reason for wanting to kill the old man. D) He can acknowledge that his plan to kill the old man is mad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wisely executes his plan to kill the old man. 54. What does the word 'impact' mean? A) Strong effect. B) Bring about; set up. C) Idea or mental image. D) Different from the others; special. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strong effect. 55. "The old man on the mountain has much sagacity about life."What does sagacity mean? A) Complaints. B) TV shows. C) Wisdom. D) Memories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wisdom. 56. I am not pleased by these ..... plants. A) Mortal (adj.). B) Agape. C) Keen. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mortal (adj.). 57. Expressing ridicule or contempt can be called A) Attention. B) Derision. C) Repitition. D) Reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derision. 58. Hanging loosely; untidy; disarranged A) Disheveled. B) Hastily. C) Alibi. D) Furious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disheveled. 59. What did the narrator claim was the reason for the low stifled sound that arose from the bottom of the soul? A) Fear. B) Pain. C) Awe. D) Grief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Awe. 60. What does the word 'conclusion' mean? A) Restate the text in your own words. B) A way a language is spoken in a particular place or among a particular group of people. C) Final thought or judgment about something. D) None of above. 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