Worksheets"The Tell-Tale Heart"
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?
a)
Sight
b)
Smell
c)
Hearing
d)
Taste
2.
Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
a)
He wants the old man's gold
b)
He hates the old man
c)
Kill him? Who said anything about killing him?!
d)
The old man's eye vexes him
3.
Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?
a)
In the closet
b)
He buries it in the yard
c)
He buries it in the floorboards
d)
He dumps it in the river
4.
What worries the narrator the most about the sound he hears on the 8th night?
a)
A neighbor will hear it
b)
The police will hear it
c)
It means that he is insane
d)
It will wake up the old man
5.
How does the narrator murder the old man?
a)
Murder him? Who said anything about murder?!
b)
He smothers him with the mattress
c)
He poisons him at breakfast
d)
He stabs him in the heart
6.
Why is the resolution ironic?
a)
The old man is not really dead
b)
The police already knew the narrator murdered the old man
c)
The narrator is telling the story to the police
d)
The narrator confesses to the crime even though he would have gotten away with it
7.
What point of view is "The Tell-Tale Heart" told in?
a)
first person
b)
second person
c)
third person limited
d)
third person omniscient
8.
Why does the narrator think the officers can't hear the noise?
a)
he thinks they're mocking him by pretending not to hear it
b)
they are too far away to hear it
c)
they are old and hard of hearing
d)
they are too scared to do anything about it
9.
What sound on the 8th night causes the narrator to feel nervousness and anxiety?
a)
a cricket
b)
a heartbeat
c)
a chuckle
d)
a groan
10.
Who is the author of "The Tell-Tale Heart?"
a)
Charles Dickens
b)
Leonard Q. Ross
c)
Annabel Lee
d)
Edgar Allan Poe
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