This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The amount of wood was not ..... to start the fire A) Vehement. B) Audacious. C) Sufficient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sufficient. 2. What does the word VEHEMENTLY mean? A) With little effort or enthusiasm. B) Having an ugly appearance. C) In an intense, passionate, or forceful manner. D) Like that of a rodent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In an intense, passionate, or forceful manner. 3. Done with excessive speed or urgency A) Hastily. B) Dreadfully. C) Mockkery. D) Dreadfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dreadfully. 4. What did the narrator do with the body? A) Buried it in the backyard. B) Dismembered it and hid the parts. C) Burned it in a bonfire. D) Dumped it in a river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dismembered it and hid the parts. 5. Which word is a synonym for conceive? A) Imagine. B) Resist. C) Literally. D) Boldness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagine. 6. Why were the police called to the house? A) Neighbors saw a mysterious figure lurking around. B) The old man's dog was acting funny. C) Neighbors heard glass shattering. D) Neighbors reported a scream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neighbors reported a scream. 7. The act of deceiving A) Omnipotent. B) Redeem. C) Dissumulation. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dissumulation. 8. Definition:nervousness A) Anxiety. B) Waned. C) Crevice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anxiety. 9. The careful planning of the complex project showed the sagacity of the group leader. A) Strong leadership. B) Careful planning. C) Strong senses. D) Wisdom; good judgement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wisdom; good judgement. 10. How many policemen entered the house? A) 4. B) 5. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 11. What is the point of view used in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' when the narrator addresses the reader directly? A) First person. B) Third person limited. C) Third person omniscient. D) Second person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Second person. 12. " ..... and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in!" What does the word "cunningly" mean in the above sentence? A) Annoyed, or bothered. B) Intelligence and good judgement. C) Disguising of intentions and/or feelings. D) Doing something in a sneaky, crafty, and skillful manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doing something in a sneaky, crafty, and skillful manner. 13. Define the word audacity A) With great feeling. B) Take a bold risk. C) Without success. D) Not loud because the sound is being covered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take a bold risk. 14. What did the narrator use to illuminate the room? A) A candle. B) A flashlight. C) A lantern. D) A matchstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A lantern. 15. The concealment of one's thoughts or feelings A) Concealment. B) Sagacity. C) Profound. D) Tattoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 16. The professor's discussion on characterization was ..... A) Derision. B) Profound. C) Suavity. D) Refrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Profound. 17. To have your mouth open wide in surprise, wonder, or shock A) Agape. B) Blather. C) Raved. D) Skulk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agape. 18. Land and buildings on it A) Premises. B) Derision. C) Scantlings. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Premises. 19. What does the narrator see when he opens the lantern? A) The old man's face. B) The old man's vulture eye. C) The old man's body. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The old man's vulture eye. 20. To lower; to smother A) Overcharged. B) Stifle. C) Concealment. D) Hypocritical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stifle. 21. The resolution of Scope magazine's dramatic version of "The Tell Tale Heart" is an example ..... ? A) Aside. B) The pun. C) Irony. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 22. What is a synonym for the word 'Hearken'? A) Observe. B) Hear. C) Speak. D) Ignore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear. 23. A beautiful sunset will cause this A) Awe. B) Waned. C) Vex. D) Bade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awe. 24. Those shoes COST AN ARM AND A LEG! What does this idiom mean? A) They go on both feet. B) They are yellow. C) They are expensive. D) They are cheap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are expensive. 25. The ringing became more severe. A) Intense. B) Slower. C) Quiet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intense. 26. He was ..... by the old man's eye. A) Vexed. B) Refrained. C) Vehemently. D) Wary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vexed. 27. When you ..... an idea, you think of it. A) Vehemently. B) Conceive. C) Crevice. D) Hide it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceive. 28. I knew it was the sound of human terror. A) Terrified. B) Sick. C) Agitated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrified. 29. The M'Naghten Rule says that in a court case, jurors should assume a man is sane unless ..... A) He is proven innocent. B) He commits another crime. C) He is proven not to be. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is proven not to be. 30. Sharp, piercing; very perceptive or mentally sharp; intense (of a feeling) A) Vex. B) Keen. C) Stifle. D) Agape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keen. 31. She was in such shock that she couldn't ..... what was about to happen to the old man. A) Crevice. B) Vex. C) Conceive. D) Hypocritical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceive. 32. What does the word 'tattoo' mean in the context of the story? A) Concealment of thoughts. B) Highly insightful. C) Rhythmic tapping. D) Highly perceptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythmic tapping. 33. What is the definition of 'Vehemently'? A) Indifference or apathy in manner. B) Hesitation or uncertainty in manner. C) Forcefully or strongly with emotion. D) Mild force or passion in manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forcefully or strongly with emotion. 34. What is the definition of 'Gaily'? A) Happily; cheerily. B) Serious; somber. C) Sad; gloomy. D) Lazy; lethargic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happily; cheerily. 35. He welcomed me with a hearty handshake. A) Weak. B) Good. C) Cold. D) Sincere; with good will. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sincere; with good will. 36. Read to following and determine what type of figurative language is being used. Hold fast to dreams, For if the dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 37. Which fiction term means the main problem of a story? It comes from an inciting event that drives the plot forward; may be internal or external. A) Conflict. B) Climax. C) Exposition. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 38. The Easter Bunny is good at this A) Derision. B) Concealment. C) Concealment. D) Scantlings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concealment. 39. For some people, it is very difficult to stifle laughter, especially once it starts. A) Increase. B) Begin. C) Restrain or suppress. D) Recreate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restrain or suppress. 40. An exceptionally keen ability to know ideas:wisdom A) Acute. B) Audacity. C) Sagacity. D) Sufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 41. What personal struggles did Poe face in his life? A) Alcoholism. B) Loss of loved ones. C) Financial difficulties. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 42. Decided; to make a choice A) Disassemble. B) Cunningly. C) Resolved. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolved. 43. In paragraph 1, the narrator says that one of his senses is especially sharp. Which sense is it? A) Hearing. B) Taste. C) Vision. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hearing. 44. Point of view is A) The author's opinion. B) The author's perspective of a story. C) The reader's opinion or perspective. D) Who the narrator is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's perspective of a story. 45. Which fiction term means the qualities, attitudes, and values of a character? A) Characterization. B) Motives. C) Characters. D) Traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traits. 46. Who is the author of this short story? A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Miss Hernandez. C) James Lawson. D) Isidro Dela Cruz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allen Poe. 47. In the story, the narrator hears the beating of his victim's heart through the floor. What is the intended impact of this event? A) It provides a moment of relief as the reader knows the old man is alive. B) It illustrates the rising tension of the narrator's guilt about his actions. C) It acknowledges that the police know what the narrator has done all along. D) It foreshadows the likelihood that the narrator will also be murdered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It illustrates the rising tension of the narrator's guilt about his actions. 48. What is the mood created by the use of imagery and symbolism in both stories? A) Angry. B) Happy. C) Sad. D) Suspenseful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspenseful. 49. What does the word 'acuteness' mean in the context of the story? A) Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception; sensitive. B) Ridicule, contempt, or derision; subject of laughter. C) To give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of. D) Deliberate, vigorous motion or gesture with one's hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception; sensitive. 50. Whos is the author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" ? A) Martin Luther King. B) Jay Z. C) Edgar Allen Poe. D) Lebron James. E) King Henry 8th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edgar Allen Poe. 51. What is the synonym for 'wise or shrewd'? A) Foolish. B) Sagacious. C) Intelligent. D) Naive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagacious. 52. Definition:to not do something A) Refrained. B) Sagacity. C) Waned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrained. 53. My sister ..... into my room so she could steal my favorite blouse. A) Blathered. B) Skulked. C) Stifled. D) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skulked. 54. That day, I decided to get an after-school job. Nina asked, "What can you do, Lia?""Maybe I'll apply as a math tutor, " I replied.When I told my parents, my dad said, "We want you to keep your grades up, so don't overload yourself."When I applied for the job, Mr. Avalon, my math teacher, seemed pleased with my choice.Through whose eyes do you see these events? A) Mr. Avalon's. B) Nina's. C) Lia's. D) Lia's Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lia's. 55. A pie chart showing poll results A) Over-acuteness. B) Concealment. C) Scantlings. D) Distinctness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distinctness. 56. What is the relationship between the narrator and the old man? A) Father and son. B) Unknown. C) Neighbors. D) Co-workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unknown. 57. Above all, the sense of hearing is acute. What does "acute" mean? A) Bold. B) Good looking. C) Annoying. D) Sharp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sharp. 58. What is the definition of dissimulation? A) To conceal or hide what one is not happy about. B) To be within a situation that imitates what is real. C) To pretend and deceive. D) To conceal or hide one's thoughts, feelings, or character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To conceal or hide one's thoughts, feelings, or character. 59. In a brave manner A) Concealment. B) Vexed. C) Cowardly. D) Courageously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Courageously. 60. Match the definition:Showing restraint. A) Pitied. B) Stifled. C) Stealthy. D) Mortal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stifled. ← 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 7The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 8The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books