This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A strange noise that awakes you will have you doing this A) Hearkening. B) Scantlings. C) Audacity. D) Foresight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hearkening. 2. Thoughtful regard for the future A) Waned. B) Bade. C) Foresight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foresight. 3. The ship bobbed up and down, back and forth, in the stormy sea. Waves crashed over its sides again and again. Some crew members struggled to take down the sails, which flapped uncontrollably in the high wind. Others worked on deck, furiously bailing water over the side to keep the ship afloat.The setting of this passage creates a mood of ..... A) Wildness. B) Dreaminess. C) Peacefulness. D) Anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wildness. 4. Ridicule; mockery A) Disassemble. B) Derision. C) Acute. D) Waned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derision. 5. Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate A) Unperceived. B) Stifle. C) Enveloped. D) Fastening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stifle. 6. Behave unnaturally or affectedly A) Disassemble. B) Coalition. C) Dormant. D) Belligerent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disassemble. 7. What is a round character? A) A character that changes throughout the story. We see a big change in this character. B) A character that stays the same throughout the story. There is no change. C) A character that we know a lot about. He/She has a lot of character traits. D) A character we only know a little bit about. He/She doesnt have a lot of character traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A character that we know a lot about. He/She has a lot of character traits. 8. Infer the meaning of bear in the following: "I could bear it no more. I felt I must scream or die." 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: D) To be deal with something that is upsetting or annoying. 9. If you refrain, you ..... A) Speed up. B) Hold back. C) Continue at a normal pace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hold back. 10. Which vocabulary word means to speak in a chatty or talkative manner? A) Concealment. B) Sagacity. C) Loquacious. D) Undulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loquacious. 11. What word means an uncertain belief? A) Sagacity. B) Concealment. C) Supposition. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supposition. 12. When the audience knows something that a character does not know. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Verbal Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic Irony. 13. To excite, exercise or move to action A) Scantlings. B) Disassemble. C) Stimulate. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stimulate. 14. I talked more quickly-more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. What does the word "vehemently" mean in the above sentence? A) I was talking in a charming and smooth way. B) I was talking in a very passionate manner. C) I was being sharp and direct. D) I was being bold and daring with the way I was speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was talking in a very passionate manner. 15. Which of the following is the best definition of derision A) Being tense. B) To feel superior. C) To be contemt and ridicule. D) To have more power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be contemt and ridicule. 16. Describing a quantity that can fulfill a need without being abundant; being enough A) Sufficient. B) Acute. C) Profound. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sufficient. 17. What is the literary device used in both stories to hint at future events? A) Imagery. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 18. Hand movements; gestures; motions made with the hands while speaking A) Scantlings. B) Gesticulations. C) Disassemble. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gesticulations. 19. How much time did the narrator spend observing the old man sleeping? A) 2 hours. B) 3 hours. C) 45 minutes. D) 1 hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 hour. 20. Extreme intensity of emotions or convictions. A) Concealment. B) Vehement. C) Profound. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehement. 21. Which is the correct definition of tone in writing? A) A kind of irony. B) The sound of the narrator's voice. C) A writer's attitude toward a place, an event, or a character. D) How a writer builds suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A writer's attitude toward a place, an event, or a character. 22. Describing a person showing caution about possible dangers or problems; cautious or careful A) Wary. B) Mockery. C) Awe. D) Dreadfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wary. 23. Which word or phrase is a synonym for the word conceive? A) Think of. B) Literally. C) Resist. D) Enfold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Think of. 24. In a sly or crafty manner A) Repugnant. B) Travesty. C) Validate. D) Cunningly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cunningly. 25. In the line "There came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton, " what does the "enveloped in cotton" try to make the reader feel? A) Alive. B) Serious. C) Threatened. D) Trapped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trapped. 26. Each creak of the floorboards, and corner managed to ..... me. Every creak of the floorboards, and the corner caused me ..... A) Distinct. B) Vex. C) Wary. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vex. 27. In paragraph 11, after he has pulled the bed onto the old man, how does the narrator feel about the continuing sound of the heartbeat? A) It does not bother him:he doesn't think anyone will hear it. B) It makes him nervous; he thinks it means the old man is alive. C) It doesn't worry him; he doesn't care if anyone hears it. D) It makes him sad; he is starting to feel guilty for his crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It does not bother him:he doesn't think anyone will hear it. 28. Match the definition:In a forceful passionate way. A) Mockery. B) Vehemently. C) Trifle. D) Gesticulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vehemently. 29. Edgar Allan Poe was: A) A Russian mathematician. B) A French composer. C) A British painter. D) An American writer, poet, and literary critic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An American writer, poet, and literary critic. 30. Though furious, he ..... from action. A) Waried. B) Refrained. C) Acuted. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refrained. 31. Reach a decision A) Resolved. B) Conceived. C) Profound. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolved. 32. Which fiction term relates to the place on a plot diagram known also as the conclusion or ending of the story? It may be partially "left open" (conflict not 100% solved) or up for interpretation. A) Resolution. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 33. My dog has a ..... sense of smell and he can smell squirrels high up in the trees. A) Stifle. B) Blather. C) Mortal. D) Keen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keen. 34. Hidden under a false appearance A) Audacity. B) Scantlings. C) Sagacity. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concealment. 35. Energetic hand or arm movements A) Sagacity. B) Audacity. C) Concealment. D) Gesticulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gesticulation. 36. Which fiction term relates to the place on a plot diagram known as the turning point in the story or the point of greatest intensity? A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 37. How many nights did the narrator watch the old man sleep? A) 10 nights. B) 6 nights. C) 8 nights. D) 4 nights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 nights. 38. A person who displays ..... has a high opinion of himself. A) Audacity. B) Vex. C) Gesticulation. D) Refrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 39. Distinctness means: A) Unmistakable, clearly defined. B) Confused, and uncertain. C) Happy and cheerful. D) Free spirited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unmistakable, clearly defined. 40. What sound does the narrator hear right before he murders the old man? A) The beating of a heart. B) The ticking of a watch. C) A barking dog. D) An envelop being opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beating of a heart. 41. Definition of vehemently: A) -in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling. B) (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. C) Serving to define or identify as distinct from others. D) Rhythmical throbbing or vibrating (as of an artery). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling. 42. The quality of being smooth and pleasant or professional A) Suavity. B) Audacity. C) Singularly. D) Gesticulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suavity. 43. I was completely at ease. A) Free from pain. B) Free from anger. C) Free from worries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free from worries. 44. Capable of moving, writing or speaking with ease and grace A) Fluently. B) Cunningly. C) Scarcely. D) Hastily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fluently. 45. What part of speech is "mad" ? A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 46. Derision "He hated the smiling derision of the police." 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: E) (Def.) Ridicule; taunts; disrespect. 47. What is the meaning of the word 'dissimulation'? A) Possessing or characterized by courage; brave. B) To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy. C) Irritated; annoyed. D) Having deep insight or understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy. 48. A mixed feeling of reverence, fear, and wonder A) Acute. B) Awe. C) Bade. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Awe. 49. Stealthily is an adverb best used to describe the movement of a ..... A) Bear. B) Bomb. C) Bull. D) Burgs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burgs. 50. Randy ..... a laugh when he saw the play. A) Vex. B) Stifled. C) Raved. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stifled. 51. Definition of crevice: A) A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall. B) Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense. C) The quality of being sagacious. D) Rhythmical throbbing or vibrating (as of an artery). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall. 52. Define the word muffled A) Not loud because the sound is being covered. B) A person who puts on a false appearance. C) Stop oneself from doing something. D) Without success. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not loud because the sound is being covered. 53. What is a synonym for 'Scantlings'? A) Measurements. B) Joist. C) Proportions. D) Specifications. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joist. 54. Which word means 'causing or liable to cause death'? A) Harmful. B) Mortal. C) Deadly. D) Lethal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lethal. 55. Define the phrase in vain A) Without success. B) A person who puts on a false appearance. C) Take a bold risk. D) An intense degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Without success. 56. To hide under false/fake appearance A) Vulture. B) Courageously. C) Vexed. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concealment. 57. Being enough of what is needed A) Sufficient. B) Profound. C) Acute. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sufficient. 58. What is the point of view used in 'The Cone' when the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character? A) Second person. B) Third person limited. C) Third person omniscient. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third person limited. 59. Which of the following terms best describes the feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for the reader? A) Setting. B) Irony. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 60. What did the narrator claim was the reason for his acute senses? A) A supernatural encounter. B) A traumatic event. C) A genetic condition. D) A disease. 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