The Tell-Tale Heart

The narrator waits a week before killing the old man because the narrator

• says that he must see the old man’s eye first.

• likes frightening the old man many times.

• waits for the darkest night of the week.

• feels guilty about taking a human life.

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You can evaluate the narrator’s state of mind as unreliable when he

• explains that he did not kill the old man for his money.

• describes his movements on the night of the murder.

• says he is sane, but then describes how cleverly he hid the body.

• confesses that he is nervous in the beginning of the story.

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The author creates suspense by

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

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

• saying that the narrator loved the old man.

• describing what the narrator did before the murder.

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Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?

• The police find the old man’s body.

• The police accuse him of murder.

• He thinks the police are making fun of him

• He thinks the police are trying to kill him.

To conceive of something is to

• think of it.

• tell about it.

• dream about it.

• walk toward it.

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What does the narrator say that his disease has done to him?

• made him nervous

• sharpened his senses

• turned him into a murderer

• caused him to lie

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Vex means to

• plan.

• wake.

• annoy.

• scream.

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What does stifle mean?

• surprise

• shout

• frighten

• smother

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What does derision mean?

• ridicule

• madness

• murder

• pain

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Audacity means

• scornful mockery.

• fierce hostility.

• shameless daring.

• overwhelming terror.

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