QUIZ: "THE TELL-TALE HEART", by Edgar Allan Poe

What does the story's title mean, "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

• The title refers to the main character's guilty conscience
• The title refers to the main character's fear of the heart
• The title refers to the main character's admiration for the heart
• The title refers to the beating of the heart of the dead oldman

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What does the narrator do with the dead man’s body?

• Burns the old man's body and leaves it in the tub

• Buries the old man’s body under the floor boards of the old man's room

• The tub catches it all!

• Buries the oldman's body in the woods at 4:00 am

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Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?

• Because the old man was a family rival.
• Because of the old man's vulture-like eye.
• Because the old man made him work too much in the house.

• Because the old man bored the narrator

Who is the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

• Edgar Allan Poe
• The old man
• The narrator himself

• The police officer

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In the story, why does the narrator insist that he is not mad?

• Because of his love for the old man

• Because of his ability to hear well

• Because he is even not interested in the old man's wealth

• Because of his keen or sharp senses

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What does the old man's eye look like which bothers the narrator?

• Pale blue with a film over it, resembling that of a vulture's eye

• It's red and always angry

• Bright green with a sparkle in it
• Dark brown with a piercing gaze

How does the narrator feel about the old man?​ ​

• He hates the old man's eye

• He loves him less

• He fears him because of his red eye
• He pities him

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What time does the narrator enter the old man's room each night?

• 6:00 am

• 10:00 PM
• 4:00 AM

• Midnight

How long does it take the narrator to open the door on the eighth night?

• A minute

• A long time
• An hour

• The narrator is never able to open the door

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Why does the narrator shine a lantern on the old man's eye?

• To check the old man's vision
• To make the narrator more mad and to push him on to kill the old man

• To wake the old man up to be able to kill him

• To scare the old man