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Vocab Set 12 - TTH

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A narrator that appears to be trustworthy and would have no outside interests to protect. Usually a 3rd person narrator, but not always.

a)

reliable narrator

b)

vexed

c)

unreliable narrator

d)

acute

2.

with intense emotion

a)

deputed

b)

scantlings

c)

vehemently

d)

vexed

3.

Urged, compelled

a)

scantlings

b)

bade

c)

unreliable narrator

d)

suave

4.

"Reposed" means...

a)

to lay at rest

b)

appointed

c)

smoothly agreeable or polite

d)

Urged, compelled

5.

A narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, biased, or otherwise distorted

a)

unreliable narrator

b)

reliable narrator

c)

stifle

d)

vain

6.

The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" was only ________ by the old man's eye.

a)

vain

b)

stifle

c)

vexed

d)

scantlings

7.

The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" claimed his sense of hearing was _________.

a)

reposed

b)

suave

c)

stifle

d)

acute

8.

Which vocab word would make sense in the following sentence:


Carrie tried to ________ her urge to cough; it was too quiet in the classroom and she didn't want to draw attention to herself.

a)

reposed

b)

stifle

c)

deputed

d)

suave

9.

without success

a)

suave

b)

reposed

c)

deputed

d)

vain

10.

Choose the two vocab words that complete the sentence:


The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" ___________ the corpse of the old man between the _____________.

a)

deputed / scantlings

b)

vexed / reposed

c)

concealed / scantlings

d)

suave / unreliable narrator

11.

"Suave" means...

a)

appointed

b)

Urged, compelled

c)

with intense emotion

d)

smoothly agreeable or polite

12.

The police were __________ to search the premises for signs of foul play after a neighbor claimed to have heard a shriek in the middle of the night.

a)

reposed

b)

vehemently

c)

deputed

d)

scantlings