The Tell-Tale Heart by EAP

What does the narrator believe about his mental state?

• He is perfectly sane and healthy.

• He is mad but cunning.

• He is mad and hears voices.

• He is sane but misunderstood.

What was the primary reason the narrator wanted to harm the old man?

• He desired the old man's gold.

• The old man had insulted him.

• He was tormented by the old man's eye.

• He disliked the old man's personality.

How did the narrator behave towards the old man in the week leading up to the planned act?

• He avoided the old man to prevent suspicion.

• He was unusually kind and friendly.

• He openly expressed his growing hatred.

• He tried to convince the old man to leave.

What prevented the narrator from completing his plan for seven consecutive nights?

• The old man was always awake.

• The narrator felt too much remorse.

• The old man's eye remained closed.

• He couldn't open the door quietly enough.

What was the old man trying to do to comfort himself before the narrator entered his room?

• He was trying to convince himself the noises were just the wind or a mouse.

• He was praying for the morning to come.

• He was calling for help from his neighbors.

• He was trying to fall asleep quickly.

What did the narrator do with the lantern to observe the old man?

• He shone it directly into the old man's face.

• He opened a very small crevice to let out a dim ray of light.

• He lit it fully to illuminate the entire room.

• He kept it completely closed to remain in darkness.

What sound did the narrator hear that increased his fury and made him compare it to a drum stimulating a soldier?

• The old man's shriek.

• The sound of the wind in the chimney.

• The beating of the old man's heart.

• A cricket chirping.

After the old man was dead, what was the narrator's immediate action?

• He called the police to report the death.

• He removed the bed and examined the corpse.

• He fled the house in a panic.

• He tried to revive the old man.

How did the narrator dispose of the old man's body?

• He buried it in the garden.

• He threw it into a nearby river.

• He dismembered it and hid the pieces under the floorboards.

• He burned it to ashes in the furnace.

Why did the police officers come to the narrator's house?

• They were investigating a different crime in the neighborhood.

• A neighbor reported hearing a shriek during the night.

• The old man had been reported missing by his relatives.

• The narrator had accidentally triggered a silent alarm.