What was the reason the narrator killed the old man?

He hates the old man's clouded blue eye

He is tired of the old man's complaints

Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man on the first night?

There was someone else in the house

He didn't have the courage on the first night

The old man wasn't asleep by midnight on the first night

What did the narrator do by accident-- as a result waking the old man?

HIs thumb slipped on the lantern

The beating grew louder-- what was the new anxiety that seized the narrator at this point?

The sound being heard by neighbors

Someone coming into the house to investigate the noise?

There was no anxiety at this time

The noise waking up the old man

The beating grew louder-- what was the new anxiety that seized the narrator at this point?

The sound being heard by neighbors

Someone coming into the house to investigate the noise?

There was no anxiety at this time

The noise waking up the old man

The author most likely used the following expression to--- ? “One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture –.”

To compare the eye to something associated with death – the vulture.

Convey the importance of the heartbeat sound.

Personifies the eye so that it becomes a human character.

Exaggerates the ugliness of the eye to influence the reader.

What appears to be the narrator's claim throughout the selection?

That he did not kill the old man

That he should not be sent to jail

Which sentence best reveals the narrator's confidence?

"I smiled - for what had I to fear?"

"...but the noise steadily increased."

In the climax, how do the narrator's feelings contrast with the old man's?

The narrator is full of rage, and the old man is full of fear.

The narrator is afraid of the old man, and the old man is cruel.

The narrator loves the old man who is angry at the narrator.

The narrator is worried, and the old man is calm.

Which excerpt from the story illustrates the mood of the paranoia?

"Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!- no, no! They heard!- They suspected!- They knew!"

" It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain."

"I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult."

"I smiled, - for what had i to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome."

Through the narrator's experience, the author explores the idea of ---

something small can create a major conflict

those close to you can hurt you

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

Situational irony is when a character or the reader expects one thing, but something very different happens or is true. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that a character does not know. Which TWO are examples of irony in the story?

The narrator’s attempts to hide the murder actually result in him giving himself up to the police.

The more the narrator insists that he is not mad, the more readers can detect evidence of his madness.

The narrator chooses to commit the murder in the middle of the night, when the old man is asleep.

The narrator admits that he liked, even loved, the old man, and that he only objected to his pale, filmy eye.

The neighbor hears the old man shriek and summons the police out of concern for his safety.

In paragraph 4, the narrator describes visiting the old man every night at midnight. Why is he unable to commit the murder for the first seven nights?

He cannot see the old man’s eye, which is what he feels he needs to kill.

The old man is a restless sleeper, so the narrator cannot sneak in.

The narrator does not have enough light from the lantern to commit the murder.

He is trying to be kind by giving the old man a few more days to live.

Poe’s extensive use of dashes in the last two paragraphs is effective because it —

highlights the narrator’s increased sense of nervousness

slows down the story so that it is easier to understand

suggests that the police know more than they are letting on

allows the readers to understand the narrator’s motives

The use of a first-person narrator in the story —

gives readers insight into the narrator’s mental instability

allows readers to understand each character’s

helps to explain how the characters are related to each other

illustrates how the old man treats the narrator every day

Which 2 lines from the text supports the idea that -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

. . . . 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.

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. . . . .

Which 2 lines from the text supports the idea that -The murder does not have a traditional motive.

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 paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observation of men—but the noise steadily increased.

. . . . 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.

Which of the following is an effective paraphrase of the passage "I bade the gentlemen welcome. The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream."

I welcomed the gentlemen. I told them that I had shrieked in my sleep

He said hello to the police and then told them he was the one who shrieked

He welcomed the gentlemen and invited them into the old man's room

I explained that I was the one who had shrieked when I had a bad dream

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Authored by Pavithrah Thirumoothy

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A willingness to take bold risks

dissimulation

derision

audacity

mournful

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

to form or create a plan in the mind

dissimulation

profound

audacity

conceived

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the quality of being wise and insightful

profound

conceived

dreadful

sagacity

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the setting of the story, The Tell-Tale Heart?

During the day, modern times

Mostly at night, country house

Mostly at night, modern times

England, country house

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

antagonizes

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is the author of the story, The Tell-Tale Heart?

Frank R. Stockton

Toni Cade Bambara

J.K. Rowling

Edgar Allen Poe

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Tell a tale heart

A willingness to take bold risks

to form or create a plan in the mind

the quality of being wise and insightful

What is the setting of the story, The Tell-Tale Heart?

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?

What is the conflict of the story?

Who is the author of the story, The Tell-Tale Heart?

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

What has the madness done for the narrator's senses?

"The disease has sharpened my senses--not destroyed-- not dulled them."

What was the reason the narrator killed the old man?

"I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had they eye of a vulture--a pale blue eye, with a film over it."

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