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Tell Tale Heart

Authored by Amy Simmons

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Past; first

past; third-person

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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"

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

sight

hearing

touch

smell

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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