Exploring Guilt and Madness in The Tell-Tale Heart

The narrator describes his heightened senses and obsession with an old man's vulture-like eye, which drives him to murder. He meticulously plans and executes the crime, concealing the body under floorboards. When police visit, his guilt manifests as a hallucination of the old man's beating heart, leading to his confession.

What does the narrator claim about his mental state at the beginning?

• He is nervous but not mad.

• He is confused.

• He is mad.

• He is angry.

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What sense does the narrator claim has been sharpened by his disease?

• Taste

• Sight

• Smell

• Hearing

What is the main reason the narrator decides to kill the old man?

• The old man's house

• The old man's wealth

• The old man's eye

• The old man's behavior

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How does the narrator describe his actions towards the old man in the week before the murder?

• He was cruel.

• He was indifferent.

• He was kind.

• He was distant.

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What does the narrator do every night at midnight?

• He reads a book.

• He opens the old man's door and watches him sleep.

• He goes for a walk.

• He talks to the old man.

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What causes the old man to wake up on the eighth night?

• A knock on the door

• A loud noise

• The narrator's thumb slipping on the lantern

• A dream

How does the narrator kill the old man?

• By suffocating him with the bed

• By poisoning him

• With a knife

• By shooting him

Where does the narrator hide the old man's body?

• In the basement

• Under the floorboards

• In the attic

• In the garden

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What explanation does the narrator give the police for the noise heard by the neighbor?

• It was the old man.

• It was a cat.

• It was his own scream in a dream.

• It was the wind.

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What ultimately causes the narrator to confess to the murder?

• The police find the body.

• He hears the old man's heart beating.

• He feels guilty.

• He wants to be caught.