This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many students are presenting in the Diorama-rama today? A) 5. B) 6. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 2. What is the definition of vain? A) Having a purpose for everything. B) Have little confidence in one's appearance, abilities, or worth. C) Having very high confidence in one's appearance, ability, or worth. D) A way for blood to move through a living thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having very high confidence in one's appearance, ability, or worth. 3. 'Conceived' is a ..... A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 4. What part of speech is the word vehemently? A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 5. Which of the following is an idiom? A) "his eye resembled that of a vulture.". B) "black as pitch". C) "low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul". D) "blood ran cold". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "blood ran cold". 6. What is the narrator's conflict? A) He wants to kill people. B) He has a problem with an old man's snoring and plans to kill him in his sleep. C) He does not like an old man's blind eye and plans to kill him in his sleep. D) The narrator wants to be sane, and is trying to convince his readers that he's just a normal guy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He does not like an old man's blind eye and plans to kill him in his sleep. 7. When I said I wanted to walk across the country, my parents thought I was ..... A) Logical. B) Mad. C) Angry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mad. 8. What is the definition of stealth? A) To move in a clumsy way. B) To move in a happy way. C) To move in a quiet way. D) To move in a cautious way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To move in a cautious way. 9. "I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations, but the noise steadily increased." What does the word "gesticulations" mean in the above sentence? A) Smooth manner; smoothness. B) Energetic gestures; strong movement of hands and arms. C) Sharpness. D) Boldness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energetic gestures; strong movement of hands and arms. 10. Main Character managed to convince the officers he was innocent. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. How many policemen came to search the premises? A) 2. B) 4. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 12. To emphasize his point, he tends to (a) wildly. A) A gesticulate. B) Mock. C) Disassemble. D) Envelop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A gesticulate. 13. Tick for granted points. A) YES. B) NO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 14. What is the point of view of the story? A) Third person limited. B) Second person. C) Third person omniscient. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second person. 15. According to the narrator, which was his strongest sense? A) Hearing. B) Taste. C) Smell. D) Sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hearing. 16. "A guilty conscience is the worst punishment of all." This is an example of a ..... of "The Tell Tale Heart." A) Point of view. B) Theme. C) Pun. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 17. By telling the story from the murderer's point of view, the author helps the reader ..... A) Recognize the narrators insanity. B) Understand the old man's thoughts. C) Compare both of the characters thoughts. D) Understand why the police have come. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recognize the narrators insanity. 18. Which word is a synonym for diction? A) Unique. B) Wording. C) Enfold. D) Disguise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wording. 19. Synonym for wisdom A) Sagacity. B) Profound. C) Acute. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sagacity. 20. Acute "His nervousness increased his acute sense of hearing." 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: A) (Def.) Sharp. 21. Infer the meaning of admit in the following: " "Villains" I shrieked. Pretend no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the floorboards!" A) Very ugly or frightening; disgusting. B) To rip into small pieces or shreds. C) To tell the truth; confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it). D) Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To tell the truth; confess to (a crime or fault, or one's responsibility for it). 22. In the story, what does the word 'vulture' refer to? A) To form an idea; think. B) A person or thing that preys, esp. greedily or unscrupulously. C) To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy. D) Irritated; annoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person or thing that preys, esp. greedily or unscrupulously. 23. Sagacity means ..... A) Thinking hard. B) Being wise or having good judgement. C) Having many stocks and shares. D) Sharing your wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being wise or having good judgement. 24. Which choice best defines the word "inference" ? A) Ideas formed about the text based on details the author does provide. B) The author's attitude toward the story. C) The turning point in the story. D) The perspective from which the story is told. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideas formed about the text based on details the author does provide. 25. Which fiction term means the way an author develops a character's traits and motives? It helps the reader get to know a character. A) Characters. B) Characterization. C) Motives. D) Traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 26. In paragraph 17, when the ringing becomes a different sound and seems to be getting louder, what does the narrator do? A) He tries to encourage the police to listen to it. B) He tries to make sure the police won't hear it. C) He asks if anyone else hears it. D) He apologizes for the interruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He tries to make sure the police won't hear it. 27. Which word is a synonym for the word tone? A) Imagine. B) Fearful. C) Resist. D) Attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attitude. 28. Why did the narrator want to take the life of the old man? A) Because of his eye. B) To inherit his property. C) For his gold. D) Out of revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of his eye. 29. A person that is false or deceptive is: A) Hypocritical. B) Conceived. C) Derision. D) Stifled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypocritical. 30. Match the definition:In a cautious matter. A) Stealthily. B) Audacity. C) Wary. D) Fury. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stealthily. 31. The police showed perfect ..... A) Audacity. B) Suavity. C) Vehemently. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suavity. 32. A successful ending A) Triumph. B) Groan. C) Acute. D) Stifled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Triumph. 33. What does the old man's eye symbolize in the story? A) The narrator's irrational fears and obsessions. B) The old man's ability to see through the narrator's facade. C) The old man's wisdom and life experiences. D) A literal physical ailment that the old man suffers from. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The narrator's irrational fears and obsessions. 34. Define the word stealthily A) In a careful and sneaky way. B) Stop oneself from doing something. C) Form an idea in the mind. D) In a hurry and without carefulness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a careful and sneaky way. 35. Taunts or mockery A) Audacity. B) Derision. C) Vexed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derision. 36. She was so embarrassed when her phone went off in church, she tried her best to ..... the sound of her ringtone. A) Conceive. B) Derision. C) Vex. D) Stifle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stifle. 37. Statement or actions that shows that you have no respect for someone or something A) Concealment. B) Deathwatches. C) Gothic horror. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derision. 38. The police dissembled the information to protect the witnesses and apprehend the criminal. A) Kept. B) Revealed. C) Released. D) Provided false or misinformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provided false or misinformation. 39. I want to have s'mores. Can you grab some ..... so we can start a fire? A) Audacity. B) Scantlings. C) Hearken. D) Supposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scantlings. 40. V. giving careful attention A) Acute. B) Bade. C) Hearkening. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hearkening. 41. Definition:to annoy A) Scantlings. B) Ceased. C) Vex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vex. 42. His nonstop talking about nothing would ..... a saint. A) Vex. B) Audacity. C) Stifle. D) Conceive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vex. 43. The acknowledgement of someone with greater authority, to bow or show respect is ..... A) Rice sansae. B) Discourse. C) Plutonian. D) Pallid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rice sansae. 44. Where does the majority of the story take place so far? A) An old man's bedroom/apartment. B) A park. C) In an abandoned house. D) In the back of a police car. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An old man's bedroom/apartment. 45. I turned the lock of the door, oh so gently. A) Hard. B) Careful. C) Sloppy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Careful. 46. A literary device used in poetry, novels, and other writing that uses vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their head A) Tone. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 47. I couldn't believe that guy had the ..... to steal my bike in the middle of the afternoon. A) Sagacity. B) Vehemently. C) Audacity. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacity. 48. What did the man do to his victim every night while he slept? A) Beat him. B) Stalked him. C) Talked to him. D) Wake him up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stalked him. 49. Acting in secret or smart/clever way A) Stealthily. B) Skulk. C) Agape. D) Refrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stealthily. 50. Dreadfully means ..... A) Extremely, very badly. B) Dead like. C) Thoughtful about the past. D) Evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extremely, very badly. 51. What was the reason for wanting to take the old man's life? A) He insulted the narrator. B) He wronged the narrator. C) He stole the narrator's gold. D) He had a vulture eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had a vulture eye. 52. As I was trying to finish my RI, I was ..... by my little brother playing with his toys. A) Vexed. B) Stifled. C) Vehement. D) Hypocritical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vexed. 53. When an author gives hints or clues that suggest what will happen later in the story ..... A) Flashback. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 54. Strangely; oddly A) Singularly. B) Suavity. C) Gesticulations. D) Stimulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Singularly. 55. What is our first impression of the narrator? A) He's a kind, old man. B) He is unreliable. C) He's very passionate about caring for the old man. D) He is a comedian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is unreliable. 56. The Tell-tale heart is a story written by A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Gabriel Garcia Marquez. C) Shakira. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 57. Was the suspect in his right mind? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 58. What is a synonym for the word 'Audacity'? A) Courage. B) Fearlessness. C) Boldness. D) Timidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boldness. 59. How did the police finally find out what the narrator did? A) The saw the blood stains. B) The police found the tub with all of the blood. C) They found a diary with the old man's suspicions. D) The narrator admits to the murder and shows them where to find the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The narrator admits to the murder and shows them where to find the body. 60. Body motions or body language A) Gesticulations. B) Vehemently. C) Vexed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gesticulations. ← 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