This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The criminal started screaming and using wild gesticulations as the officers asked what he was doing. What does the word "gesticulations" mean in the above sentence? A) The criminal was very calm and smooth. B) The criminal was using a lot of hand motions and movements. C) The criminal was resting in place. D) The criminal was making fun of the officers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The criminal was using a lot of hand motions and movements. 2. To confuse or annoy A) Vex. B) Gesticulations. C) Hearken. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vex. 3. Define 'vexed' ..... A) Giddy. B) Annoyed or frustrated. C) Full of excitement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annoyed or frustrated. 4. Intelligence or good judgement A) Audacity. B) Sagacity. C) Wary. D) Gesticulations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagacity. 5. What is the part of speech for the word 'Gaily'? A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 6. What is contemptuous ridicule or mockery? A) Vexed. B) Scantlings. C) Derision. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derision. 7. Which vocabulary word means to be bold or daring? A) Audacity. B) Sententious. C) Pallid. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audacity. 8. Barely or hardly A) Dreadfully. B) Distinct. C) Acarcely. D) Wary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acarcely. 9. Choose the synonym for 'profound': A) Shallow. B) Superficial. C) Trivial. D) Great intensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Great intensity. 10. Which word is closest in meaning to stealthily? A) Boastfully. B) Cautiously. C) Simply. D) Loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cautiously. 11. I was so upset when my dog got out of the yard, I cried ..... A) Vehemently. B) Hypocritical. C) Crevice. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehemently. 12. Which term that is used in fiction and nonfiction is defined as the author's attitude toward the story or subject? A) Author's purpose. B) Author's craft. C) Author's tone. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Author's tone. 13. How the reader feels;The atmosphere created for Me, the reader A) Theme. B) Voice. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 14. A great victory or achievement A) Concealment. B) Sagacity. C) Vehemently. D) Triumph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Triumph. 15. Done secretly, without drawing attention A) Hideous. B) Scarcely. C) Stealthily. D) Distinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stealthily. 16. Something happens that defies the expectations of the audience or the character (something unexpected) A) Situational Irony. B) Symbolism. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Verbal Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational Irony. 17. What is the definition of 'pallid'? A) Pale. B) Talkative. C) Loud. D) Colorful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pale. 18. Making fun of someone or something in a cruel way A) Paranoid. B) Accusatory. C) Triumphant. D) Mocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mocking. 19. Troubled, distressed, caused agitaion A) Sagacity. B) Reposed. C) Vexed. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vexed. 20. After Carlos studied all night for the test, his teacher had the audacity to ask if he cheated. What does the word "audacity" mean in the above sentence? A) Carlos used good judgment and intelligence to pass his test. B) Carlos's teacher was annoyed that he did well on the test. C) Carlos's teacher was being cautious when she asked if Carlos cheated. D) Carlos's teacher was being too bold and daring with her accusations towards Carlos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carlos's teacher was being too bold and daring with her accusations towards Carlos. 21. What does the word 'dialect' mean? A) Restate the text in your own words. B) A way a language is spoken in a particular place or among a particular group of people. C) Final thought or judgment about something. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A way a language is spoken in a particular place or among a particular group of people. 22. His eye was a dull blue with a horrible veil over it. A) Cover. B) Hood. C) Eyelash. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cover. 23. "Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim." This is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 24. The word ..... means dramatic gestures to emphasize speech. A) Gesticulations. B) Scarcely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gesticulations. 25. Seeing ahead, knowing in advance, foreseeing A) Foresight. B) Sanction. C) Oblivious. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foresight. 26. Barely; hardly; not quite A) Audacity. B) Supposition. C) Scarcely. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scarcely. 27. Definition:smothered A) Acute. B) Stifled. C) Scantlings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stifled. 28. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. A) Symbol. B) Theme. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 29. Definition:willingness to take risks A) Repose. B) Audacity. C) Vex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audacity. 30. What did the narrator's master take solace in after the mistress's death? A) Socializing. B) Traveling. C) Adventure. D) Repetition and routine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition and routine. 31. Why did the narrator wait until the 8th night to kill the old man? A) The police kept coming to the house. B) The old man was suspicious of him. C) The narrator said he must see the old man's eye to kill him. D) The narrator was scared to kill him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator said he must see the old man's eye to kill him. 32. To disguise or conceal a feeling or intention means to ..... A) Disassemble. B) Endure. C) Vulture. D) Harken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disassemble. 33. What does the word 'sagacity' mean? A) Clumsiness. B) Wisdom. C) Deception. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wisdom. 34. Although I was so appalled about how poorly his dog was behaving, I tried to ..... from making a comment, or revealing my true feelings through my facial expressions, because I knew how much he'd been working on training the dog. A) Refrain. B) Instinct. C) Cunning. D) Stimulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refrain. 35. Which of the following does NOT describe the meaning of the term point of view? A) The place from which readers watch the unfolding action of a story. B) The vantage point from which a story is told. C) The hints of future events in a story. D) The "eyes" through which we see story events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The hints of future events in a story. 36. I can't believe my sister had the ..... to borrow my shoes without asking! A) Derision. B) Sagacity. C) Audacity. D) Hearken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacity. 37. In a clever and deceitful way A) Cunningly. B) Concealment. C) Sagacity. D) Acuteness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cunningly. 38. If you ..... someone, you have upset or confused them. A) Mockery. B) Vex. C) Foresight. D) Stifled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vex. 39. Which word is a synonym for audacity? A) Enclose. B) Wisdom. C) Courage. D) Attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Courage. 40. In paragraph 10, the narrator compares the beating of the old man's heart to the sound made by ..... A) A covered-up clock chiming. B) A closing door. C) A bird calling. D) A watch wrapped in cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A watch wrapped in cotton. 41. Which word is a synonym for refrain? A) Resist. B) Wording. C) Fearful. D) Boldness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resist. 42. True or False:The narrator killed the old man because of his eye. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. When meeting someone for the first time, you may have this A) Derision. B) Audacity. C) Sagacity. D) Suavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suavity. 44. The act of hiding something carefully A) Wary. B) Hastily. C) Corpse. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concealment. 45. Her sense of disappointment was ..... A) Profound. B) Cunning. C) Stifled. D) Hastily. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profound. 46. What is the definition of 'Setting'? A) The main character of a story. B) The sequence of events in a story. C) The problem or conflict in a story. D) The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. 47. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. A) Metaphor. B) Tone. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 48. Having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character A) Suavity. B) Virtuous. C) Villainously. D) Precisely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Villainously. 49. Held in check with difficulty A) Cunning. B) Stifled. C) Profound. D) Hastily. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stifled. 50. Which fiction term means an insight about life, a message, or a lesson? A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Characters. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 51. The condition of being hidden A) Concealment. B) Vex. C) Derision. D) Mockery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concealment. 52. Complete the analogy:moon is to night as sun is to ..... A) Day. B) Star. C) Center. D) Hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Day. 53. What does the narrator want people to think about him? A) He wants people to think he is angry at the old man. B) He wants people to think he is smart. C) He wants people to think he is sweet. D) He wants people to think he is crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants people to think he is smart. 54. How long did the old man stay awake when he realized someone was in his room? A) All night. B) 1 hour. C) Until sunrise. D) 8 hours. E) 5 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 hour. 55. Contempt, ridicule A) Reposed. B) Acute. C) Derision. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derision. 56. What do we call a narrator whose story cannot be trusted? A) Third-person. B) First-person. C) Suspense. D) Unreliable narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unreliable narrator. 57. Which point of view is used in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' when the narrator only knows their own thoughts and feelings? A) Third person limited. B) First person. C) Third person omniscient. D) Second person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First person. 58. What excerpt from the story illustrates the mood of paranoia? A) "I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult.". B) "It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain.". C) "Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!-no, no! They heard! They suspected! They knew!". D) "I smiled, for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!-no, no! They heard! They suspected! They knew!". 59. Feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried. A) Awe. B) Vex. C) Mad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vex. 60. "The teacher yelled more vehemently, but the students still could hear her over the noise."What does vehemently mean? A) Forcefully. B) Happily. C) Sadly. D) Quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forcefully. ← 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 8The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books