The Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary Quiz
Authored by Jessica O'Mahoney-Schwartz
English
7th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
DISSIMULATION
exposing one's thoughts or feelings
hiding one's thoughts or feelings
having no feelings
Answer explanation
"You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight - with what dissimulation I went to work!"
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
SAGACITY
wisdom
ignorance
lack of knowledge
Answer explanation
"Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers - of my sagacity."
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
ACUTE
not being aware of something
not being able to hear
having a sharp sense or perception
Answer explanation
"Above all was the sense of hearing acute."
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
VEX
to calm you
to trouble or bother you
to help you understand
Answer explanation
"...for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye."
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
GESTICULATION
using violence
speaking quickly
a gesture, used instead of speaking
Answer explanation
"I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations."
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
SCANTLING
a piece of metal of a small section
a piece of lumber or wood of a small section
a piece of aluminum of a small section
Answer explanation
"I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings."
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
FANCY
elegant
beautiful
a thought or mental image
Answer explanation
"You fancy me mad."
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
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