Tell-Tale Heart Quiz

The old man's eye vexes the narrator and torments him until he goes insane. What does the word vexes mean as used in the sentence above?

• brings trouble or bothers

• happiness

• hinders or gets in the way

• gives meaning

What is the conflict of the story?

• Old man vs narrator

• Narrator's obsession with the eye

• Narrator vs the country house

• Old man's decisions about what to do with his wealth

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Is the conflict in this story internal or external?

• internal

• external

Which word below best describes the way in which the narrator watches and observes the old man before he kills him?

• conceived

• acute

• stealthily

• derision

The climax of the story is the most exciting part or the turning point. Which of the choices below is the climax of The Tell-Tale Heart?

• Narrator begins to hear the old man's heartbeat under the floor.

• On the 8th night the narrator murders the old man.

• The police come to check on the narrator and the old man.

• He confesses to the murder and tells the police where the body is located.

What is the resolution of any story?

• the beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced

• the turning point in the story

• the end where the conflict is solved

• the problem in the story

Which of the following options is the resolution of the story, The Tell-Tale Heart?

• He confesses to his murder and tells the police where the body is located.

• The narrator beings to hear the old man's heartbeat.

• The narrator watches the man for 8 nights, peeking into his bedroom waiting for the opportunity to rid himself of the evil eye.

• Narrator, Old man

What is a theme of a story?

• struggle between opposing forces

• setting

• message to the reader from the author about life

• the turning point in the story

Which of the following themes does NOT apply to the story, The Tell-Tale Heart?

• Guilt will eat away at you.

• Obsessions can be dangerous and unhealthy.

• There is a thin line between sanity and insanity.

• Money doesn't buy happiness.

Suspense is a sense of growing tension, fear, or excitement. Authors often use suspense in a story by describing a character's anxiety or by using vivid language to build up to dramatic events.

The author creates suspense by

• revealing the ways in which the narrator is kind to the old man.

• saying that the narrator loved the old man.

• explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder.

• describing what the narrator did before the murder.