The Tell-Tale Heart Review

What is the main idea of the story?

• The story is about a dog, an eye and a curse.

• The story is about police officers who arrest a criminal.

• The story is about a man who commits a crime and is driven to confession.

• The story is about a man who has a heart problem.

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What is the setting of the story?

• The old man's living room at his vacation house in the country.

• The old man's basement at midnight.

• The old man's attic at midnight.

• The old man's house, in his bedroom at midnight.

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What does the title mean?

• The old man is telling a tale.

• The old man's beating heart doesn't stop even after he kills him.

• The narrator blames the old man's heart for giving him away.

• The old man's eye causes the narrator to tell a tale.

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Why does the narrator confess his crime?

• The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are the real murderers.

• The narrator confesses because he knows the old man is not really dead.

• The narrator confesses because he thinks the police are mocking him and can hear the heartbeat.

• The narrator confesses because the officers knew the crime that had been committed.

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How long did it take the narrator to accomplish his goal?

• 6 nights

• 7 nights

• 8 nights

• 9 nights

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How does the narrator feel about the old man?

• He loves him

• He hates him

• He wants to spend more time with him

• He has forgotten him

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What is the narrator most likely hearing when he thinks he hears the old man's heartbeat?

• The old man's heart

• The police arriving

• His own heartbeat

• His blood drops

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How is the narrator feeling when the police FIRST enter his home?

• Terrified

• Confident

• Guilty

• Scared

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Where did the narrator tell the police that the old man was?

• At his mother's house

• Taking a walk

• Asleep in his bed

• Out in the country

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“It was the beating of the old man’s heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage” is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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