The Tell-Tale Heart Quiz

At the beginning of the story, the narrator mentions that one of his senses is especially good. Which one is it?

• Seeing

• Tasting

• Touching

• Hearing

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the narrator believe causes him to plan the old man's murder?

• His heart beat

• The man's lantern

• The fact that the old man won't leave his house

• His eye

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator compare the beating of the old man's heart to?

• A drum

• A watch wrapped in cotton

• A vulture eye

• A nervous humming

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

What is the "new anxiety" that finally causes the narrator to leap into the room at the old man?

• The police are coming.

• The lantern shines only on the man's eye.

• It is dark outside.

• The neighbors might hear the heart beating.

Why do the police show up at the narrator's house?

• A neighbor heard screaming.

• The heart beat was loud enough that they could hear it.

• The man called them.

• They were just making their rounds.

What evidence from paragraph 16 shows that the narrator feels relaxed?

• The officers were satisfied.

• I was singularly at ease.

• They sat, and while I answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things.

• But, ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In paragraph 17, the narrator is convinced that the police are doing what when he says, "They heard!--they suspected!--they knew!--they were making a mockery of my horror!"?

• Making fun of him

• Ignoring his cry for help

• Planning how to arrest him

• Searching for the old man

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator finally do at the end of the story?

• Runs away & is never seen again

• Brings the old man back to life

• Offers the police a snack

• Confesses to the murder

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Explain the definition of insanity as outlined in the M'Naghten Rule.

• A legal standard for determining mental illness.

• A rule that defines criminal responsibility.

• A guideline for psychiatric evaluations.

• A law that excuses criminal actions.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What are the two parts to the McNaughten Rule?

• He/She does not know what they are doing

• He/She can't remember what happened

• He/She does not know that what they are doing is wrong

• He/She is calm after the crime.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4