The Tell Tale Heart

Why did the author MOST LIKELY choose to tell the story from the first-person point of view?

• To highlight the narrator’s need to convince us and himself that he is not crazy

• To make the details of the murder more grotesque and vivid

• To intensify the drama of the story

• Telling the story in third person would make the story boring and slow

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How does paragraph 3 mainly add to development of the plot?

• It builds the conflict in the story by revealing the narrator’s disdain for the man.

• It reveals the narrator’s extremely complex plan to murder the old man in his sleep.

• It builds the identity of the narrator as one who is arrogant, manipulative, and mad.

• It reveals the old man’s awareness of what is about to happen and his feelings in return.

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The sound of the old man’s heart most likely symbolizes....

• the revenge of the old man

• the guilt of the narrator

• the knowledge of the police

• the sadness of the narrator

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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.

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In paragraph 1 below, what does the narrator want the reader to understand about his state of mind?

• That the narrator is perfectly sane, just suffering from hightened senses.

• That the narrator is indeed mad.

• That the narrator is nervous and incapable of murder.

• That the narrator is hard of hearing.

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How does the narrator take the life of the old man?

• He stabs him with a knife.

• He bludgeons him with a darkened lantern.

• He poisons him with his breakfast oatmeal.

• He smothers him with his bed.

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How does the narrator dispose of the old man's remains?

• He buries him in the backyard.

• He cuts up the body and hides the pieces in the walls.

• He cuts up the body and hides the pieces in the floor.

• He hides the body in the bathtub.

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Select the options that are TRUE for the black and white film version of "The Tell Tale Heart." MULTIPLE ANSWERS

• The eye opens when the narrator hides the body in the floor

• The narrator dismembers the body and drains it in the bathtub

• The old man is crushed with his bed

• An exposed nail in the floor causes an officer to trip

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Select the option that is the STRONGEST allusion to "The Tell Tale Heart" in the Simpson's episode, "Lisa's Rival."

• Allison builds a diorama of the end of The Tell Tale Heart

• Lisa hides Allison's diorama under the floorboards

• As Lisa feels more and more guilty, she hears a heartbeat that gets louder and louder

• As Lisa is overcome, she shouts, "It is the beating of the hideous heart!"

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Which event below happens first in The Tell Tale Heart?

• The narrator spies on the old man in his sleep.

• The narrator murders the old man in the night.

• The narrator hears the pounding of the old man's heart beneath the floor.

• The narrator confesses to the police what he has done.

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