The Tell Tale Heart

Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?

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Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?

• The old man had hurt him

• the old man's eye vexed him

• the narrator wants gold.

Which of the following statements about the narrator is true?

• the narrator's insanity makes him a reliable narrator

• the narrator's insanity makes him an unreliable narrator

• the narrator's impersonal style makes him an objective narrator.

What do we learn about the narrator from the following line? "I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart."

• he is cruel

• he is sane

• he is compassionate

What figurative language device is used in the following line? "I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye."

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• idiom

Why does the old man sit up in bed and say, "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." ?

• he can't get back to sleep due to the noise

• he is trying to figure out the sounds

• he is trying to calm his own fears.

What makes the 8th night different from the previous seven nights?

• the narrator is clumsy and makes a noise

• the old man is awake

• the old man hears the narrator chuckle

• All of the above

What figurative language device is used in the following line? "because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim."

• metaphor

• personification

• zooification

• Lululemon

What sound on the eight night causes the narrator to feel anxiety?

• groan

• chuckle

• heartbeat

What worries the narrator the most about the sound he hears on the eighth night?

• a neighbor will hear it

• someone was watching him

• the police were there