The Tell-Tale Heart

Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?

• Sight

• Hearing

• Touch

• Smell

Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?

• the old man had hurt him

• the narrator wants his gold

• the old man's eye vexed him

• the narrator hated the old man

Which of the following statements about the narrator is true?

• the narrator's insanity makes him a reliable narrator

• the narrator's insanity makes him an unreliable narrator

• the narrator's impersonal style makes him an objective narrator

• the narrator's use of the word "you" makes him a second -person narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What do we learn about the narrator from the following line? "I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart."

• he is cruel

• he is compassionate

• he is honest

• he is calm

Why does the old man sit up in bed and say, "It is nothing but the wind in the chimney or is only a mouse crossing the floor." or "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp."?

• he can't get back to sleep due to the noise

• he is trying to comfort the narrator

• he is trying to figure out what the sound is

• he is trying to calm his own fears

What makes the eighth night different from the previous seven nights?

• the narrator is clumsy and makes a noise

• the old man is awake

• the old man hears the narrator chuckle

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Where does the narrator hid the old man's corpse?

• in the basement

• in the flooring

• in the closet

• under the bed

What do we learn about the narrator when he asks the police to sit and rest in the same room as the body?

• he's careless

• he's confident

• he's rude

• he's scared

Why does the narrator think the police officers don't hear the noise?

• he thinks they're mocking him by pretending not to hear it

• he thinks they are old and hard-of-hearing

• he thinks they are too scared to say anything

• he thinks that they're too far away to hear it