"The Tell-Tale Heart"

What does the word acute mean?

"Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth."

• quietly

• loudly

• disguised

• sharp

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word or phrase helps the reader determine the definition of dissimulation?

"You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution--with what foresight--with that dissimulation I went to work!"

• should have seen

• I went to work

• proceeded--with what caution

• with what foresight

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does suavity mean as used in the sentence?

"There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police."

• 1 : smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated

• 2 : smooth in texture, performance, or style

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the meaning of bosom as used in the following sentence?

"Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me."

• to enclose in or as if in an embrace

• the part of a garment that covers the chest area

• the chest conceived of as the seat of the emotions and intimate feelings

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the story the word supposition is used, what is an example for supposition?

• It was a knock on the door.

• Death was coming to the old man.

• A groan of terror was heard.

• It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What definition of vex is used in the following sentence?

"...for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall."

• to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to

• to bring physical distress to

• to irritate or annoy by petty provocations

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the best meaning of vehemently?

“I talked more quickly – more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased.

• Passionately

• Blankly

• Carefully

• Softly

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What was Edgar Allan Poe's purpose with the following description?

"He had the eye of a vulture--a pale blue eye, with a film over it."

• to create an image for the reader

• to provide information to the reader

• to entertain the reader

• to confuse the reader

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator said he killed the old man because --

• the old man wronged him

• the old man was dying

• for his gold

• of his pale blue eye

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator kills the old man --

• with a pillow

• by smothering him with the heavy mattress

• by shooting him

• by strangling him with his hands

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6