The Tell Tale Heart Review

Who is the author of "The Tell-Tale Heart?"

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Do we know the age and gender of the narrator?

• Yes

• No

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

• Sight

• Smell

• Hearing

• Taste

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How does the narrator murder the old man?

• Poisons his breakfast

• Smothers him with the mattress

• Stabs him in the heart

• Murder him? Who said anything about murder?!

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Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?

• He wants the old man's gold

• He hates the old man

• Kill him? Who said anything about killing him?!

• The old man's eye vexes him

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Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?

• In the floorboards

• In the yard

• In the closet

• In the river

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Why does the narrator invite the police officers to sit in the room where the body is hidden?

• The narrator thinks it is the only way to keep the officers from finding the body

• The narrator is confident in how well the body was hid

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What can we, the reader, infer about the narrator based on their behavior?

• They are dreaming

• They are hallucinating

• They are insane

• They are sane

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The narrator believes

• The old man is mad

• The reader is mad

• They have gone mad

• They are not mad

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What effect does repetition have in the story?

• Creates irony

• creates suspense

• creates foreshadowing

• creates an allusion

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