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WorksheetsThe Tell-Tale Heart
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What poem is Edgar Allan Poe most famous for?
"The Raven"
"The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"
"Mother to Son"
"Not My Bones"
What does the narrator say that his disease has done to him?
made him nervous
sharpened his senses
turned him into a murderer
caused him to lie
Why does the narrator wait a week before killing the old man?
The narrator does not see the old man's eye when he spies on him at night.
The narrator is having too much fun frightening the old man the old man to kill him quickly.
The narrator wants to wait for the darkest night of the month to do it.
The narrator feels guilty about taking a human life.
The narrator describe what as "a watch enveloped in cotton"?
the sound of a heartbeat
time passing slowly
waiting impatiently
the body of the old man
When the audience understands something about the story while it is unknown to the character, that is...
verbal irony
situational irony
dramatic irony
The narrator shows that he is unreliable when he...
explains that he did not kill the old man for his money
describes his movements on the night of the murder
says he is sane while saying how cleverly he hid the body
confesses that he is nervous in the beginning of the story
What is the narrator suddenly afraid of when he is caught watching the old man on the eighth night?
the old man's eye
the neighbor's hearing the old man's heartbeat
the deathwatch beetles in the walls
that he will not be able to kill the old man
The old man is killed in the story when he is _________ by the narrator.
dismembered
stabbed
suffocated
strangled
The author creates suspense by...
revealing the ways the narrator is kind to the old man
explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder
saying that the narrator loved the old man
describing what the narrator did before the murder
What does the narrator believe he hears at the end of the story?
the old man's heart beating
his heart beating
things in hell
the old man's watch
Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?
The police find the old man's body.
The police accuse him of murder.
He thinks the police are making fun of him.
He thinks the police are trying to kill him.
annoy; irritate; worry
conceive
vex
audacity
hypocritical
deceptive, double-dealing, two-faced
conceive
vex
audacity
hypocritical
daring; nerve; bad manners
conceive
vex
audacity
hypocritical
create; develop; think of
conceive
vex
audacity
hypocritical
