This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A ..... is a person who tells a story. A) Narrator. B) Preview. C) Synonym. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrator. 2. The officers were satisfied. A) Happy. B) Mad. C) Comfortable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comfortable. 3. Which word is closest in meaning to vehemently? A) Shamelessly. B) Silly. C) Cautiously. D) Strongly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strongly. 4. N. thoughtful regard for the future A) Hearkening. B) Foresight. C) Vehemently. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foresight. 5. "His nervousness increased his acute sense of hearing." What does acute mean? A) Sharp. B) Small. C) Adorable. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharp. 6. What does the word ' vex' mean A) To feel angry or annoyed. B) To feel extremely frustrated. C) Option 1. D) Option 2. E) Both option 1and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Both option 1and 2. 7. What does the word STIFLED mean? A) To be funny. B) To be uncomfortable. C) To be confused. D) To make someone unable to breathe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make someone unable to breathe. 8. The last part of a story explaining how conflict is resolved is called? A) Climax Climax. B) Falling Action. C) Rising Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. 9. Personification is ..... A) Giving human qualities or characteristics to non-humans/objects. B) A comparison using "like" or "as". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giving human qualities or characteristics to non-humans/objects. 10. "The loud boom of the fireworks scared the dog" is an example of which term? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 11. This discovery was not accidental, but was due to the ..... of those who designed the voyage. A) Supposition. B) Derision. C) Deputed. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sagacity. 12. I continually dialed the number, but it was always busy. Continually means ..... A) Bi-weekly. B) On a regularly basis. C) One time. D) Yearly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On a regularly basis. 13. My mom's hug enveloped me and made me feel safe. A) Released. B) Smothered. C) Harmed. D) Surrounded. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surrounded. 14. Which word from our discussion questions means a comparison between two different things (this IS TO this AS that IS TO that or similes/metaphors)? A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Analogy. D) Illusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 15. Which word best describes the mood during the climax of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? A) Joyful. B) Intense. C) Calm. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intense. 16. What is the main idea of the story? A) The story is about a heart, an eye and a curse. B) The story is about police officers who arrest a criminal. C) The story is about a man who commits a crime and is driven to confession. D) The story is about a man who has a heart problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The story is about a man who commits a crime and is driven to confession. 17. Which fiction term relates to the place on a plot diagram where the conflict develops? A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 18. What is the definition of 'Suppositions'? A) Conclusions drawn from careful analysis. B) Facts that are supported by evidence. C) An uncertain belief. D) Ideas that are based on logical reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An uncertain belief. 19. Select the phrase that BEST completes the statement based on the information presented about the M'Naghten Rule.According to this rule, a jury should accept that a man is not responsible for his crime only if A) His guilt has been proven or established. B) His insanity has been proven or established. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His insanity has been proven or established. 20. Full of fury, rage, anger A) Furious. B) Disheveled. C) Alibi. D) Hastily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Furious. 21. Behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel A) Wary. B) Hypocritical. C) Mockery. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypocritical. 22. What time was it after the body was hidden? A) 6 AM. B) 2 AM. C) 12 AM. D) 4 AM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 AM. 23. Fill in the blank with the correct missing vocabulary word. When I ..... a bad smell, I remembered my uneaten sandwich. A) Undid. B) Wary. C) Agony. D) Detected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Detected. 24. The quality of having good judgment A) Concealment. B) Suavity. C) Sagacity. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 25. Define the word refrained A) To stop. B) In a careful and sneaky way. C) Stop oneself from doing something. D) Making hand movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stop oneself from doing something. 26. It was a ..... piece of detective work. A) Cunning. B) Hastily. C) Profound. D) Vehement. E) Stifled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cunning. 27. What did the narrator take as a sweet medicine to clear and strengthen sight? A) Medicinal herbs. B) Honey. C) Herbal tea. D) Divine form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divine form. 28. A smooth, agreeable manner or quality A) Audacity. B) Awe. C) Gesticulations. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suavity. 29. Inducing sadness, regret, or grief A) Stifle. B) Mournful. C) Hearken. D) Vain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mournful. 30. Which point of view is used in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' when the narrator is not a character in the story? A) Third person limited. B) Second person. C) Third person omniscient. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person omniscient. 31. What is the narrator most likely hearing when he thinks he hears the old man's heartbeat? A) The police arriving. B) His blood drops. C) His own heartbeat. D) The old man's heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His own heartbeat. 32. We can infer that the narrator confessed because A) The body smelled. B) The police already knew. C) He saw blood on the floor. D) He felt guilty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He felt guilty. 33. To form or create a plan in the mind A) Concealment. B) Conceived. C) Audacity. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceived. 34. What is the past tense of the verb 'bid'? A) Bade. B) Bidder. C) Bidden. D) By hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bade. 35. What kinds of works did he mainly publish? A) Short stories and poems. B) Many novels. C) He wrote nothing. D) Haikus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short stories and poems. 36. Bold or daring is best described as A) Bade. B) Concealment. C) Vexed. D) Adacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adacity. 37. Contemptuous ridicule or mockery A) Audacity. B) Acuteness. C) Profound. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derision. 38. Highly perceptive A) Sufficient. B) Audacity. C) Vehemently. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acute. 39. The ability to predict what will happen in the future A) Suavity. B) Acute. C) Vex. D) Foresight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foresight. 40. Nervous or worried A) Straightforward. B) Accusatory. C) Ruthless. D) Anxious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anxious. 41. Wary "He was too wary to make a careless mistake." A) (Def.) Smooth manner; smoothness. B) (Def.) Cautious. C) (Def.) Boldness. D) (Def.) Forcefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (Def.) Cautious. 42. In the days leading up to the crime, which phrase BEST describes the narrator's actions toward the old man? A) Gentle but mean. B) Especially kind. C) Cheerful but rough. D) Strangely cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Especially kind. 43. Infer the meaning of deed in the following: "[He was dead]. I smiled because the deed was done." A) An action that is performed intentionally. B) To make quieter by using a covering of some sort. C) A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material. D) Pull (someone or something) along forcefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An action that is performed intentionally. 44. Details that are considered insignificant A) Mockery. B) Trifle. C) Premises. D) Waned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trifle. 45. Showing your contempt using extreme laughter. A) Mockery. B) Suavity. C) Wary. D) Cunning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mockery. 46. N. cold courage, daring A) Scantlings. B) Sagacity. C) Suavity. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audacity. 47. What is the concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense? A) Gesticulations. B) Suppositions. C) Concealment. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concealment. 48. After a long day of school, you may be found this way A) Derision. B) Sagacity. C) Waned. D) Reposed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reposed. 49. The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future A) Foresight. B) Reposed. C) Supposition. D) Harken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foresight. 50. What part of speech is "vulture" ? A) Adjective. B) Preposition. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 51. What does the prefix fore-mean? A) Afterwards. B) Next to. C) Before or in front of. D) The number of something (4). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before or in front of. 52. Define the word hypocritical A) Take a bold risk. B) Stop oneself from doing something. C) Predict what will happen in the future. D) A person who puts on a false appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person who puts on a false appearance. 53. What is the part of speech for the word 'Sagacity'? A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 54. The Tell Tale Heart was written in ..... A) 1876. B) 1762. C) 1901. D) 1843. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1843. 55. She smiled, ..... her true feelings of disgust. A) Suavity. B) Dissembling. C) Scantlings. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dissembling. 56. Which fiction term means the time, place, and historical/cultural/social context of a story? A) Characters. B) Plot. C) Theme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 57. Which type of narrator is an outside observer and not a character in the story? A) First-person. B) Suspense. C) Unreliable narrator. D) Third-person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third-person. 58. Perceptive; clever A) Profound. B) Audacity. C) Sufficient. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acute. 59. "I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph." What does the word "triumph" mean in the above sentence? A) Deception. B) A successful ending. C) Have the idea for. D) Disapproval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A successful ending. 60. While writing an essay, having ..... text evidence is very important. A) Acute. B) Vehemently. C) Profound. D) Sufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sufficient. ← 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