Vocabulary Quiz: Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

What does the word 'conceived' mean in the context of the story?

• To form an idea; think

• To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy

• Irritated; annoyed

• Possessing or characterized by courage; brave

In the story, what does the word 'vulture' refer to?

• To form an idea; think

• A person or thing that preys, esp. greedily or unscrupulously

• To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy

• Irritated; annoyed

What is the meaning of the word 'dissimulation'?

• Possessing or characterized by courage; brave

• To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy

• Irritated; annoyed

• Having deep insight or understanding

How would you define the word 'vexed'?

• To form an idea; think

• Irritated; annoyed

• Possessing or characterized by courage; brave

• Having deep insight or understanding

What does the term 'courageously' mean in the story?

• To form an idea; think

• A person or thing that preys, esp. greedily or unscrupulously

• Possessing or characterized by courage; brave

• Having deep insight or understanding

What is the definition of the word 'profound'?

• To form an idea; think

• Having deep insight or understanding

• To hide under a false appearance; feigning; hypocrisy

• Irritated; annoyed

What does the term 'sagacity' mean in the story?

• Acuteness of mental discernment & soundness of judgment; wisdom

• To listen attentively; give heed

• To suppress, curb, or withhold; muffled

• Not perceived or commented on; not seen

What does the word 'hearkening' mean in the context of the story?

• To listen attentively; give heed

• To suppress, curb, or withhold; muffled

• Not perceived or commented on; not seen

• Acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice

How would you define the term 'stifled'?

• To suppress, curb, or withhold; muffled

• Not perceived or commented on; not seen

• Acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice

• Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception; sensitive

What is the meaning of the word 'unperceived'?

• Not perceived or commented on; not seen

• Acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice

• Sharp or penetrating in intellect, insight, or perception; sensitive

• Ridicule, contempt, or derision; subject of laughter