The Tell-Tale Heart Revision Quiz

Who is the author of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Edward Allan Poe

• Edgar Allan Pope

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What style of narrative is the story told in?

• Second

• First

• Third

• Diary entry

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CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

What is the narrator’s motive for killing the old man?

Answer explanation

He did not want to kill the old man - he wanted to "rid himself of the eye forever", but couldn't do this without killing the old man, too.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the narrator’s tone as he describes his murder of the old man? CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS.

• Cautious

• Boastful

• Secretive

• Confident

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Match the following symbols in the story with what they represent.

• Good and evil; multiple personalities.

• Time

• The narrator's own evil; superstition.

• The evil eye

• Guilty conscience and nervousness

• Light and darkness

• Mood of narrator (panicked or calm).

• The heartbeat

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Situational irony is when the (a)   of what is intended happens.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of these is NOT an example of irony in the story?

• The narrator is the one who confesses.

• The old man is killed at night.

• The narrator trying to convince us he is sane.

• The evil eye/'I'

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Explain the use of ONE feature of sentence structure in the story, saying why it is effective.

1 min audio

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Over what period of time is the story set?

• 7 days

• 8 days

• 9 days

• 10 days

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Draw a symbol which represents one of the themes of the story.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2