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WorksheetsThe Tell Tale Heart Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What point of view is the story told from?
a)
third person limited
b)
third person omniscient
c)
second person
d)
first person
2.
What kind of narrator do we have in the story?
a)
reliable
b)
unreliable
c)
fancy
d)
proper
3.
What does the narrator say that the disease has done to him?
a)
made him nervous.
b)
sharpened his senses.
c)
turned him into a murder.
d)
caused him to lie.
4.
The narrator waits a week before killing the old man because the narrator
a)
says that he must see the old man's eye first.
b)
likes frightening the old man many times.
c)
waits for the darkest night of the week.
d)
feels guilty about taking a human life.
5.
You can evaluate the narrator's state of mind as unreliable when he
a)
explains that he did not kill the old man for his money.
b)
describes his movements during the night of the murder.
c)
says he is sane, but then describes how cleverly he hid the body.
d)
confesses that he is nervous at the beginning of the story.
6.
The narrator creates suspense by
a)
revealing the ways that the narrator is kind to the old man.
b)
explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder.
c)
saying that the narrator loved the old man.
d)
describing what the narrator did before the murder.
7.
Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?
a)
The police find the old man's body.
b)
The police accuse him of murder.
c)
He thinks the police are making fun of him.
d)
He thinks the police are trying to kill him.
8.
To conceive something is to
a)
think of it.
b)
tell about it.
c)
dream about it.
d)
walk toward it.
9.
Vex means to
a)
plan.
b)
wake.
c)
annoy.
d)
scream.
10.
What does stifle mean?
a)
surprise.
b)
shout.
c)
frighten.
d)
smother.
11.
What does derision mean?
a)
ridicule.
b)
madness.
c)
murder.
d)
pain.
12.
Audacity means
a)
scornful mockery.
b)
fierce hostility.
c)
shameless daring.
d)
overwhelming terror.
13.
Which of the following does the narrator NOT say about the appearance of the old man's eye?
a)
It is pale blue.
b)
It has a film over it.
c)
The old man had severe cataracts.
d)
It was like the eye of a vulture.
14.
According to the text, how does the old man's eye affect the narrator?
a)
It fills him with extreme anger.
b)
It causes him to have nightmares.
c)
It causes a psychotic break
d)
When the old man's eye looks at him, his blood runs cold.
15.
Which of the following is NOT a way that the narrator defends his sanity throughout the story?
a)
He says that he is nervous, but not mad.
b)
He is not insane, but has sharpened senses.
c)
He had a doctor check him thoroughly and determined that he had a disease.
d)
He explained how carefully he planned the murder and disposed of the corpse, and thereby proving his sanity.
16.
Who is the author of the story?
a)
Edgar Allan Poe
b)
Kurt Vonnegut
c)
The narrator
d)
Charles Dickens
17.
What genre does this story belong to?
a)
Romance.
b)
Horror.
c)
Adventure.
d)
Mystery.
18.
How many nights did the narrator visit the old man's room?
a)
two
b)
six
c)
seven
d)
eight
19.
How does the narrator kill the old man?
a)
He stabs him.
b)
He poisons him.
c)
He smothers him.
d)
He trips him on the stairs.
20.
Which type of figurative language is NOT used in the story?
a)
Foreshadowing.
b)
Onomonapea.
c)
Hyperbole.
d)
Oxymoron.
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