WorksheetsTell Tale Heart Midterm Study Guide By Julia and Cheyanne
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Q: In the first paragraph the narrator makes a claim that he is NOT mad, how does he further persuade us that he is not mad?
He tells the story of the murder very calmly and with certainty
He keeps repeating that he is not in fact mad
He claims that he did not kill the old man
The narrator claims that the story is all a fantasy
How does the narrator kill the old man?
With a pillow
By smothering him with the heavy mattress
He failed to kill him, but tried killing him by shooting him
By strangling him with his hands
When the police come to narrator thinks its brave of him to place his seat right above where he buried the old man's body, this is …
In the garden
In the closet
Under the floorboards
In a properly marked grave
Q: When explaining what the narrator did while watching the old man sleep he mentions an item he used to see which was…
a lightly lit lantern
a small light bulb
a dark lantern
a flashlight
What did he refers the old man's eye to?
Pick the best answer
Vulture Eye/ Pale Blue Eye
Pale Blue Eye/ A Dolls Eye
Vulture Eye
Osprey Eye/ Pale White Eye
Vulture Eye/ Pale White Eye
Why does he refer the eye to a vulture's eye?
Because he was mean
Because he thought the eye watched him constantly and creepily
Because....Because....Ummm...
Because the Vulture was a symbol of purification and rebirth and that is exactly the opposite of what was going to happen to the old man
Why did the narrator kill the old man?
He thought the old man was going to kill him
His pale blue eye
The smile that was always on the mans face
He was insane
Why did he tell the police he killed the man?
He thought they were torturing him because he thought they all heard the beating heart and were mocking him, trying to get it out of him.
He thought the police knew, so he just confessed as soon as they knocked on the door
He never told them
He thought the beating heart would kill him
While Talking to the police, the narrator head ____________.
An actual vulture caw
A heart beating
A dog bark
A heart breaking
The beating he heard, what was it really?
His foot hitting the floor
His heart beating
The old mans cat
A hallucination
Each night before the murder the narrator did something... What was it?
Watched the old man
Listened to the old man
Ate the old man
Took care of the old man
What sense was was heightened each night?
Smell
Sight
Hearing
Feel
Taste
What techniques are used in this short story?
Suspense
Tone
Mood
What are techniques again...
How did Poe create suspense in the story?
Through Texting to a friend
Through the beating heat, the waiting at the door and making a noise and making a sound that almost woke the Old Man
Through the mood and tone
Through the plot
Through a raven and it saying "Nevermore"
