This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > The Tell Tale Heart > The Tell Tale Heart – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tell Tale Heart Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. New eyeglasses will provide this to your vision A) Distinctness. B) Concealment. C) Over-acuteness. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over-acuteness. 2. To grow gradually less A) Vexed. B) Bade. C) Waned. D) Foresight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waned. 3. Which theme is most prominently explored through the narrator's actions and mental state in "The Tell-Tale Heart" ? A) The importance of family. B) The power of nature. C) The destructiveness of guilt. D) The inevitability of death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The destructiveness of guilt. 4. What is supposition? A) Something that is never used. B) Something that is assumed or taken for granted. C) Something that is loved and cherished. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that is assumed or taken for granted. 5. Human beings are not like vampires; they are mortal and end up dying. A) Everlasting. B) Lifeless. C) Human. D) Blood-sucking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human. 6. "Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer!" What does the word "derision" mean in the above sentence? A) Ridicule; making fun of. B) Energetic gestures; movement of hands and arms. C) Holding back. D) Disguising of intentions and/or feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ridicule; making fun of. 7. How many nights did the narrator stalk the old man? A) 10. B) 7. C) 6. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 8. What is conflict? A) Two characters getting along. B) Part of the resolution. C) A struggle between two opposing forces. D) The climax in a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A struggle between two opposing forces. 9. Very angry; done with a lot of energy or speed A) Wary. B) Hideous. C) Ceased. D) Furious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Furious. 10. Why does the narrator get anxious before killing the old man? A) He hears a knock at the door and knows he needs to act quickly. B) The old man calls the police and they say they are on their way. C) The old man yells for someone to help. D) The old man tries to run away. E) He could hear the old man's heart beating very loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) He could hear the old man's heart beating very loudly. 11. True or False:The narrator hated the old man and was mean to him. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 12. Which word is a synonym for the word connotative? A) Disrespect. B) Boldness. C) Implying. D) Fearful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implying. 13. How did the narrator open the old man's door every night? A) By breaking it. B) By picking the lock. C) By turning the latch. D) With a key. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By turning the latch. 14. How is the plot organized in Scope magazine's dramatic version of "The Tell Tale Heart" ? A) In two different acts. B) In four scenes. C) In four scenes and a prologue. D) In two acts with two scenes each. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In four scenes and a prologue. 15. A sound expressing pain A) Acute. B) Concealment. C) Triumph. D) Groan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groan. 16. Rachel was wary when she stepped into the haunted house, but she was encouraged by her friends. What does the word "wary" mean in the above sentence? A) Rachel was annoyed she had to go inside. B) Rachel was being charming and smooth when she went inside. C) Rachel was overly cautious about going inside. D) Rachel held herself back when she went inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rachel was overly cautious about going inside. 17. Overly suspicious A) Boastful. B) Ruthless. C) Triumphant. D) Paranoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paranoid. 18. When the story is narrated from the perspective of "I" A) First-Person. B) Second-Person. C) Third-Person Limited. D) Third-Person Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First-Person. 19. A wary person is probably ..... A) Cautious and careful. B) Annoyed and grumpy. C) Sad and upset. D) Happy and energetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cautious and careful. 20. If someone tells you not to smoke but they smoke everyday, they are a ..... A) Hypocrite. B) Vehement. C) Audacious. D) Crevice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypocrite. 21. What is suspense? A) How tension is built throughout a story. B) One specific sign that tells the readers something will happen soon. C) The setting, conflict, and characters. D) Your mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How tension is built throughout a story. 22. Which word is a synonym for dreadful? A) Implied. B) Enclose. C) Horrible. D) Unique. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horrible. 23. Who is the author of Tell-Tale Heart? A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Edward Alex Poe. C) Allan Poe Alexander. D) Ms. Coy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 24. With energy and passion A) Vehemently. B) Profound. C) Audacity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vehemently. 25. Which of the following points of view uses the pronouns I, me, my, and we? A) Second Person. B) Third Person Omniscient. C) Third Person Limited. D) First Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First Person. 26. Kay shook her head and ..... a yawn. A) Hastily. B) Profound. C) Stifled. D) Cunning. E) Vehement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stifled. 27. Match the definition:To be characterized by sharpness is to be ..... A) Dissimulated. B) Acute. C) Vexed. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acute. 28. Select the word from Paragraph 12 that comes from a Latin root meaning "great fear" or "dread" . (V.1.2) A) Vex. B) Terror. C) Refrained. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terror. 29. During his illness, there had been a time of ..... suffering. A) Acute. B) Vehemently. C) Vexed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acute. 30. What is the part of speech for the word 'Gesticulations'? A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 31. What is the author's purpose for using rhetorical questions throughout the passage? (R.3.4) A) It reveals the narrator's increased lack of anger. B) It reveals the narrator's increased sense of sanity. C) It reveals the narrator's increased lack of sanity. D) It reveals the narrator's increased sense of remorse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It reveals the narrator's increased lack of sanity. 32. Which word means to cause to act in a specified manner A) Stifled. B) Stimulate. C) Triumph. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stimulate. 33. The protestors showed their (a) they wanted him to lose his job. A) Resolved. B) Cunningly. C) A derision. D) Audacity. E) Vexed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A derision. 34. Hiding of someone's feelings or thoughts A) Derision. B) Concealment. C) Acuteness. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concealment. 35. At what time did the narrator finish hiding the corpse? A) 3.30 am. B) 4.30 am. C) 5 am. D) 4 am. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 am. 36. What is a synonym for the word 'Suavity'? A) Courtesy. B) Gracefulness. C) Charm. D) Politeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charm. 37. Showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one's achievements, possessions, or abilities A) Boastful. B) Devious. C) Ominous. D) Anxious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boastful. 38. What is the best synonym for the word profound A) Superficial. B) Deeply intellectual/wise. C) Shallow. D) Heroic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deeply intellectual/wise. 39. What is the antonym for 'dull'? A) Blunt. B) Mild. C) Acute. D) Sharp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sharp. 40. To form or create a plan in the mind/ formar o crear un plan en la mente A) Audacity. B) Profound. C) Conceived. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceived. 41. A simile is ..... A) A funny statement. B) A comparison of two things using "like" or "as". C) Something unexpected that happens in a story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comparison of two things using "like" or "as". 42. His mouth was agape when he found out that he won the lottery of over a million dollars. A) Surprised. B) Wide open. C) Stern. D) Closed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wide open. 43. What does the narrator do each night? A) He sneaks out of the house. B) He hides in the attic. C) He stares out the window. D) He watches the old man while he sleeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He watches the old man while he sleeps. 44. Who is the main character in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'? A) Captain Ahab. B) Unnamed narrator. C) Roderick Usher. D) Detective Dupin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unnamed narrator. 45. Her plan was to ..... her intentions from her friend so she could successfully plan her a surprise party. A) Disassemble. B) Vex. C) Skulked. D) Keen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disassemble. 46. What is annoyed, frustrated, or worried? A) Acutely. B) Vehemently. C) Vexed. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vexed. 47. Expressing an unpopular opinion often leads to ..... ? A) Vex. B) Audacity. C) Vehemently. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derision. 48. If you have acute hearing you ..... A) Can't hear anything. B) Have muffled hearing. C) Have difficulty processing what you hear. D) Have sensitive hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have sensitive hearing. 49. Infer the meaning of muffled in the following: "[He was dead]. But, for a while, the heart beat on with a muffled sound." A) An action that is performed intentionally. B) To make quieter by using a covering of some sort. C) A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material. D) Pull (someone or something) along forcefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make quieter by using a covering of some sort. 50. How does the heartbeat symbolize the narrator's guilt in "The Tell-Tale Heart" ? A) The heartbeat represents the narrator's physical fitness and strength. B) It symbolizes the narrator's excitement and pride in his cleverness. C) The heartbeat is a manifestation of the narrator's guilt and his inability to escape from his conscience. D) It signifies the actual heart of the old man, which continues to beat even after his death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The heartbeat is a manifestation of the narrator's guilt and his inability to escape from his conscience. 51. Follow stealthily or pursue like a ghost A) Concealment. B) Haunt. C) Concealment. D) Bade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haunt. 52. Which fiction term from the plot diagram means the beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced? A) Resolution. B) Exposition. C) Conflict. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 53. Define the word mortal A) Stop oneself from doing something. B) Causing death. C) In a careful and sneaky way. D) Making hand movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Causing death. 54. Approached its end A) Derision. B) Unperceived. C) Sufficient. D) Waned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waned. 55. When an author jumps back to an event that happened in the past ..... A) Resolution. B) Flashback. C) Rising action. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 56. Antonym for caution A) Sufficient. B) Acute. C) Audacity. D) Profound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacity. 57. A genre of fiction characterized by gloomy settings, supernatural events, and dark mysteries A) Deathwatches. B) Cunningly. C) Concealment. D) Gothic horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gothic horror. 58. What sense was sharpened by the disease? A) Hearing. B) Smell. C) Sight. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hearing. 59. What sound did the narrator hear that excited him to uncontrollable terror? A) A groan. B) A scream. C) A laugh. D) A whisper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A groan. 60. Which the synonym for conceived? A) Planned. B) Dislike. C) Annoyed. D) Avoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planned. ← 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