Tell-Tale Heart Celebration of Knowledge Review

“The Tell-Tale Heart” is told mainly in the ________ tense, from a __________ point of view

• past;first person

• past;third person

• present;first person

• present;third person

Dramatic Irony is when...

• a character uses sarcasm

• the opposite of what you would expect occurs, like a firehouse burning down

• the reader knows something the character does not know

• when an author uses strong imagery to help us visualize

Group, Club, and Mob all have a similar ____________ but different _______________.

• connotation;

  denotation

• denotation; connotation

Which would be considered an antonym for the word audacity?

"I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim."

• boldness

• riskiness

• timidness

• bravery

In the exposition, the narrator is trying to convince the reader that….

• he is not insane.

• the old man deserved to die.

• he is absolutely crazy.

• the police will never catch him.

In the story, what causes the conflict between the narrator and the old man?

• The narrator and the old man resent having to live together because of the narrator’s disease, and so the narrator decides to murder the old man.

• The narrator is driven mad by the sound of a heart beating beneath the floorboards, and this causes him to kill the old man.

• The narrator watches the old man sleep, and when the terrified old man discovers this, the narrator kills him to keep his madness hidden.

• The narrator is disturbed the old man’s "evil" eye and overwhelmed by the sound of his heartbeat, so the narrator kills the old man.

Why might the author have chosen to describe his idea this way?

“It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.”

• He wanted to compare the idea to a ghost, so the reader would think it was scary.

• He uses alliteration so the audience can hear the echoing sounds of his thoughts.

• He personifies the idea to show the intensity of his obsession. It almost becomes another character that has control over him.

The sound of the old man’s heart most closely symbolizes ...

• the revenge of the old man

• the guilt of the narrator

• the knowledge of the police

• the sadness of the narrator

“Death” in the passage below most likely refers to .

… He had been saying to himself—"It is nothing but the wind in the chimney—it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or, "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp." Yes, he has been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions; but he had found all in vain.All in vain; because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel—although he neither saw nor heard—tofeelthe presence of my head within the room.

• the narrator

• the old man

• a spirit or a higher power

• none of the above

Regarding the description of the the narrator himself, the negative connotation of the word "mad" is frequently contrasted with words which have a positive connotation such as wise and clever.  The contrast in connotation is most likely included to...

• confuse readers as to what is actually happening in the rising action.

• add to the eerie setting of the story.

• allow readers to infer that the narrator does not believe himself to be insane.

• convince readers that the narrator was doing the right thing.