The Tell-Tale Heart

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

• nothing of note

• dulled them

• sharpened them

• destroyed them

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.9

During what century was Edgar Allan Poe alive and writing?

• 18th century

• 19th century

• 20th century

• 21st century

What was the reason the narrator killed the old man?

• he wanted the old man's money

• he has an aversion to the old man's eye

• he wants to put the old man out of misery

• he wants the house to himself

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he react towards him?

• cruel and malicious

• cold and distant

• kind and friendly

• indifferent and apathetic

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

How long did it take the narrator to place his head into the door so that he could see the old man?

• half an hour

• 1 hour

• an hour and a half

• forty-five minutes

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

For how many nights did the narrator look in upon the old man?

• 6 nights

• 7 nights

• 8 nights

• 9 nights

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What kept the narrator from killing the old man on the first night?

• there was someone else in the house

• the eye was closed

• he lacked the courage and dedication

• the old man was not asleep on the first night

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

The old man's eye is compared to what bird?

• vulture

• pigeon

• hawk

• flamingo

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Identify the literary device, "until, at length, a single dim ray, like the thread of a spider, shot from out the crevice and fell upon the vulture eye"

• personification

• imagery

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What point of view is the story told from?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3 person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.3A