This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Read this sentence form the end of the story: "They heard! ..... they suspected! ..... they knew! ..... they were making a mockery of my horror! ..... this I thought, and this I think.' The mood is best described as A) Sad. B) Happy. C) Disturbing. D) Exciting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disturbing. 2. The act of making gestures (movements of the body to emphasize an idea or feeling) A) Audacity. B) Mockery. C) Gesticulations. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gesticulations. 3. What does the heartbeat represent? A) The narrator's upcoming death. B) The haunting of a ghost. C) The narrator's guilt and madness. D) The old man's illness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator's guilt and madness. 4. Bullies may be good at this A) Derision. B) Reposed. C) Suavity. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derision. 5. What did the narrator hear that excited him to uncontrollable terror? A) A groan of pain. B) A watch enveloped in cotton. C) A stifled sound. D) A human cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A human cry. 6. Derision means to ..... A) Express contempt for someone. B) Mock someone. C) Option 1 and 2. D) None of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Option 1 and 2. 7. Definition:an assumption A) Suavity. B) Acute. C) Suppositions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suppositions. 8. Match the definition:Willingness to take bold risks. A) Mockery. B) Trifle. C) Vehemently. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audacity. 9. What does vex mean? A) To destroy. B) To disturb. C) To remember. D) To understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To disturb. 10. Vehemently "He talked more vehemently, but he couldn't drown out the sound." A) (Def.) Forcefully. B) (Def.) Boldness. C) (Def.) Cautious. D) (Def.) Smooth manner; smoothness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Def.) Forcefully. 11. A cunning person can best be described as ..... A) Angry and upset. B) Bored and tired. C) Bold and brave. D) Clever and wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clever and wise. 12. Having attention diverted A) Stifled. B) Distracted. C) Vexed. D) Triumph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distracted. 13. Which of these best describes the major theme of the story? A) We can never truly escape our bad actions. B) People who are lonely harm others. C) People often makes mistakes while committing crimes. D) If we're smart, we can commit crimes without consequences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We can never truly escape our bad actions. 14. Which fiction term relates to the place on a plot diagram that sets up the story's ending? A) Resolution. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling action. 15. In literature, ..... is the growing tension and excitement felt by readers. A) Outcome. B) Suspense. C) Genre. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspense. 16. Having great insight; intellectually deep; very smart A) Suppositions. B) Stimulate. C) Profound. D) Disassemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Profound. 17. The defendant ..... denied having committed the crime. A) Raved. B) Stifled. C) Vehemently. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vehemently. 18. Hiding ones's feelings; concealing the truth A) Hearken. B) Concealment. C) Singularly. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concealment. 19. The mouse was too fat to fit in the ..... between the wall and the floor. A) Triumph. B) Instinct. C) Profound. D) Crevice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crevice. 20. The esteemed bachelor walked into the room full of women with such suavity, every girl yearned for his attention. A) Smoothness. B) Care. C) Gracefulness, politeness. D) Interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gracefulness, politeness. 21. Define the word conceive A) Form an idea in the mind. B) A person who puts on a false appearance. C) Stop oneself from doing something. D) With great feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form an idea in the mind. 22. What are two different themes of the story? (R.1.2) A) Do not trust your neighbors. / Eyes of evil always see the truth. B) You can accomplish anything you set your mind to. / Eyes of truth always see through evil. C) Doing morally wrong things will lead to insanity. / Madness is the result of lost love. D) Things are not always what they seem. / A guilty conscience eventually reveals the truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Things are not always what they seem. / A guilty conscience eventually reveals the truth. 23. The act of hiding the truth A) Concealment. B) Disassemble. C) Sagacity. D) Subterfuge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 24. Definition of dissimulation A) (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. B) Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense. C) An uncertain belief. D) A piece of lumber of small cross section. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense. 25. Choose the antonym for 'profound': A) Shallow. B) Superficial. C) Surface. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shallow. 26. There was a tattoo at the door causing the dog to bark. A) Symbol. B) A knocking. C) A marking on the skin. D) Loud noises. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A knocking. 27. Edgar Allan Poe uses the em dash to create what in The Tell-Tale Heart? A) Mood. B) Symbolism. C) Irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 28. Very shocking or horrible A) Revolting. B) Ghastly. C) Mocking. D) Confess. E) Fidgets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ghastly. 29. Communication or conversation is ..... A) Discourse. B) Plume. C) Scarce. D) Censer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discourse. 30. Unobserved; not seen A) Fastening. B) Suppositions. C) Enveloped. D) Unperceived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unperceived. 31. You try to talk to a new student at school, but your mind goes blank. You say something and realize it was a silly comment. Then, a classmate snickers and says, "Very smooth!"This passage contains an example of ..... A) Verbal irony. B) Situational irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Situational and dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 32. Edgar Allan Poe is a famous writer in which style? A) Romance. B) Gothic. C) Comedy. D) Sci-Fi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gothic. 33. What does the word 'hearkening' mean in the context of the story? A) To listen attentively; give heed. B) To suppress, curb, or withhold; muffled. C) Not perceived or commented on; not seen. D) Acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To listen attentively; give heed. 34. Which word describes the feeling that people express when they criticize or laugh at someone in an insulting way? A) Audacity. B) Suavity. C) Derision. D) Hearkening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derision. 35. Few of us will ever be said to have ..... A) Stifled. B) Sagacity. C) Waned. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagacity. 36. Looking both ways before crossing the street A) Derision. B) Audacity. C) Sagacity. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 37. In the wild audacity of my confidence, I invited the police into the old man's house. What does the word "audacity" mean in the above sentence? A) Intelligence and good judgement. B) Annoyed, or bothered. C) Cautious. D) Boldness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boldness. 38. Which of the following are colleges that Poe attended? A) Yale University. B) West Point. C) Harvard University. D) University of Virginia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West Point. 39. Edgar Allan Poe uses one-word sentences to create what effect in The Tell-Tale Heart? A) Imaginary effect. B) Humorous effect. C) Dramatic effect. D) Spooky effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic effect. 40. Match the definition:In showing great knowledge or insight. A) Hearken. B) Acute. C) Vexed. D) Profound. E) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Profound. 41. The burglar skulked around the store to find the most expensive items to steal. A) Shrank; got smaller. B) Tiptoed. C) Stunk. D) Lurk; hide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lurk; hide. 42. Ridicule or laughter A) Vex. B) Stifled. C) Crevice. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derision. 43. The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. A) Verbal Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 44. Showing mental illness A) Seized. B) Mad. C) Hideous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mad. 45. What does the term 'courageously' mean in the story? A) To form an idea; think. B) A person or thing that preys, esp. greedily or unscrupulously. C) Possessing or characterized by courage; brave. D) Having deep insight or understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Possessing or characterized by courage; brave. 46. Dull means ..... A) Extreme anger. B) Effortless. C) Becoming less intense. D) Brightening up something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Becoming less intense. 47. ..... :enough::loud:noisy A) Acute. B) Sufficient. C) Audacity. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sufficient. 48. Find the definition of:profound A) Shallow. B) Superficial. C) Heartfelt. D) Showing great understanding or knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Showing great understanding or knowledge. 49. Which word is a synonym for envelop? A) Literal. B) Wisdom. C) Surround. D) Attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surround. 50. Refrained "Though furious, he refrained from action." 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: D) (Def.) Held back. 51. The speaker said his sense of hearing was ..... A) Audacity. B) Acute. C) Vex. D) Refrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acute. 52. To move quickly, speedy, hurriedly A) Disheveled. B) Hastily. C) Furious. D) Alibi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hastily. 53. Where did the narrator dismember the body? A) The tub. B) In the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The tub. 54. The events that make up a story are part of the story's A) Setting. B) Action. C) Plot. D) Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 55. Definition of definitiveness: A) Serving to define or identify as distinct from others. B) (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. C) A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall. D) A piece of lumber of small cross section. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serving to define or identify as distinct from others. 56. My young brother likes to ..... on about trains and cars. A) Skulk. B) Vex. C) Blather. D) Agape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blather. 57. What is the tone of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? A) Suspenseful and intense. B) Boring and uneventful. C) Calm and peaceful. D) Humorous and lighthearted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspenseful and intense. 58. It has welled up from deep within my own chest. A) Scared. B) Proper. C) Intense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intense. 59. Which of the following terms describes the uneasy feeling a reader gets when they aren't sure what is going to happen next? A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspense. 60. Urged, compelled A) Sagacity. B) Bade. C) Awe. D) Concealment. 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