The Tell-Tale Heart Quiz

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Rebecca Stein
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Foreshadowing occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story, and it can help create suspense.
How does the narrator’s mention of his acute hearing in paragraph 1 foreshadow the old man’s death?
It foreshadows the point when the old man’s heartbeat drives the narrator to kill him.
It foreshadows his ability to hear the police coming when they respond to the old man’s murder.
It foreshadows his decision to murder the old man because he was tired of listening to him.
It foreshadows the moment when the old man hears the narrator at the door and wakes up.
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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
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The use of a first-person narrator in the story —
allows readers to understand each character’s point of view
helps to explain how the characters are related to each other
gives readers insight into the narrator’s mental instability
illustrates how the old man treats the narrator every day
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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Choose the two lines from the story that best support the following idea:
The narrator cannot escape his guilty conscience.
I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observation of men—but the noise steadily increased.
Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me.
. . . . I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work. . . . .
. . . . I talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definitiveness— until at length, I found that the noise was not within my ears.
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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Choose the two lines from the story that best support the following idea:
The murder does not have a traditional motive.
I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observation of men—but the noise steadily increased.
Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me.
. . . . I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work. . . . .
. . . . I talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definitiveness— until at length, I found that the noise was not within my ears.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement best describes a major theme of the story?
Honesty can relieve you of your guilt and help you feel better.
Fear can shape how we see things and how we act.
Our sanity is determined by how we react to different situations.
The truth is a matter of personal perception and beliefs.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following quotes provides the best support for the following theme/main idea:
Fear can shape how we see things and how we act.
“Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees — very gradually — I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever.” (Paragraph 2)
“Yes, he has been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions; but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim.” (Paragraph 7)
“As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart, — for what had I now to fear?” (Paragraph 14)
“I gasped for breath — and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly — more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased.” (Paragraph 17)
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the story, what causes the conflict between the narrator and the old man?
The narrator and the old man resent having to live together because of the narrator’s disease, and so the narrator decides to murder the old man.
The narrator is driven mad by the sound of a heart beating beneath the floorboards, and this causes him to kill the old man.
The narrator watches the old man sleep, and when the terrified old man discovers this, the narrator kills him to keep his madness hidden.
The narrator is terrified of the old man’s blue eye and overwhelmed by the sound of his heartbeat, so the narrator kills the old man.
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CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.4.4
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