Tell Tale Heart

"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.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.6

"...because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim."---Death most likely refers to ________

• The narrator

• The old man

• a spirit

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following words is the best synonym for sagacity?

• stupidity

• righteousness

• determination

• cleverness

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

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.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

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.7.1

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

• sight

• hearing

• touch

• smell

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Conceive

• thought of; imagined
• highly developed

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

Hypocritical 

• shameless daring or boldness
• pretending to have certain beliefs about what is right but behaving in a way that is opposite from that

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Acute

• highly developed
• to cause or encourage something to happen

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4