Dark Romanticism Review

What feature does the Old Man in "The Tell-Tale Heart" have?

• A mustache

• A crooked nose

• A pale blue eye

• A crooked smile

Answer explanation

The Old Man has a pale blue eye which the narrator is particularly unsettled by.

What is the relationship between the narrator and the Old Man in "The Tell Tale Heart"?

Answer explanation

While we don't know how the old man feels, we do know that the narrator loves the old man.

What type of narrator is in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

• First Person Reliable

• First Person Unreliable

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

Answer explanation

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is told from the first-person point of view. However, the narrator is unreliable. He spends most of the story convincing the reader that he is NOT mad, but his actions show us that he likely is mad.

What evidence is there that the narrator in "The Tell Tale Heart" is mad?

Answer explanation

He has the ability to hear what others cannot, he observes the old man as he sleeps, he kills the old man (even though he loves him).

"The Pit and the Pendulum" takes place during _____ _______ ________.

In "The Pit and the Pendulum," the narrator describes his experience in the dungeon through his senses. This is:

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

Answer explanation

Poe uses IMAGERY to create a sense of fear in the reader. By describing the story through the narrator's senses, we're able to create a clear picture of the events that take place and feel as if we're there with the narrator.

In the end the narrator ____________ before falling into the pit.

Answer explanation

The narrator lives! The French Army invades Spain and catches the narrator's hand just before he falls into the pit.

Why does Professor Baglioni give Giovanni an antidote?

• To save Giovanni from Dr. Rappaccini's experiment

• To ruin Dr. Rappaccini's experiment

• To rid Beatrice of poison

• To kill Beatrice

Answer explanation

While we don't know whether or not Baglioni knew the antidote would kill Beatrice, we do know that he wanted to protect Giovanni and ruin his rival's experiment. He also told Giovanni that this antidote would rid Beatrice of her poison.

Dr. Rappaccini cares more about _______________ than humankind.

• Beatrice

• Himself

• Plants

• Science

Answer explanation

Dr. Rappaccini is willing to experiment on his own daughter, turning her into poison. In doing so, he trapped Beatrice in the garden, forcing her to live an isolated life.

Because he is willing to do this to his own daughter, we can say that Dr. Rappaccini cares more about SCIENCE than he does about humankind.

In "Rappaccini's Daughter" the use of __________ tells the reader early on that Beatrice is poisonous.

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Plot

• Dialogue

Answer explanation

Foreshadowing is when author's hint about what's to come in a story. Hawthorne foreshadows that Beatrice is poisonous by showing the wilting flowers, the dead lizard and the dead insect. He furthers this by sharing that Beatrice has the same scent as the fatally poisonous purple shrub.