Tell-Tale Heart TEST (PART 2)

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is told mainly in the _______ tense, from a _______ point of view.

• Past; first

• past; third-person

• present; first-person

• present; third-person

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

"...because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim."---Death is an example of ________

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

• none of the above

the sound of the old man's heart most closely symbolizes________

• the revenge of the old man

• the guilt of the narrator

• the knowledge of the police

• the sadness of the narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which statement from the text proves that the narrator feels guilty?

• "there was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more."

• "A shriek had been heard by a neighbor during the night; suspicion of foul play had been aroused; information had been lodged at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises"

• "The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease."

• "Dissemble no more! I admit the deed!--tear up the planks!--here, here!--it is the beating of this hideous heart!"

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

According to the narrator, which of the following best explains why he decides to kill the old man?

• The old man had wronged him too many times

• He is insane and has no awareness of his actions.

• He wants to steal the old man's fortune.

• He is haunted by the appearance of one of the man's eyes.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What do we learn about the narrator when he asks the police officers to sit and rest in the same room where he's hidden the body?

• He's careless

• He's confident

• He's rude

• He's insane

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How do the narrator's feelings contrast with the old man's?

• Narrator is afraid and old man is confident

• Narrator is furious at the old man and old man is scared

• Narrator is overwhelmed and old man is calm

• Narrator is joyful and old man is angry

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Throughout the story, the narrator gradually is taken over by...

• headaches

• fear for his life

• greed for the old man's money

• his madness

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6