WorksheetsThe Tell-Tale Heart
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
Who wrote The Tell-Tale Heart?
Stephen King
William Shakespeare
James Patterson
Edgar Allan Poe
What does the narrator say that his "disease" has done to him?
Cause him to lie
Sharpened his senses
Turned him into a murderer
Made him nervous
The narrator waits a week before killing the old man because the narrator...
Feels guilty about taking another life
Waits for the darkest night of the week
Likes to scare the old man
Waits to see the old man's eye first
You can evaluate the narrator's state of mind as UNRELIABLE when he...
describes the of the murder
says he is sane, then describes how cleverly he hid the body
confesses at the end of the story
explains that he did not kill the old man for money
The author creates suspense by...
explaining why the narrator hid the body after the murder
revealing the ways the narrator is kind to the old man
describing what the narrator did before the murder
saying that the narrator loved the old man
What about the old man does the narrator hate?
His dog
His eye
His job
His voice
Why is the narrator upset with the police at the end of the story?
The police accuse him of murder
He thinks the police are making fun of him
The police find the old man's body
He thinks the police are trying to kill him
How do the police find out the narrator killed the old man?
Someone saw him kill the old man
The police searched the house and found the body
They found evidence in the house
He told them, "I admit the deed!"
In your opinion, is the narrator insane?
Yes
No
A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS is a ...
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects is...
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as...
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
"Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim" Is an example of...
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
"So I opened it - you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily - until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of a spider shot from out the crevice and fell upon the vulture eye." Is an example of...
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
"Hearken! and observe how healthily - how calmly I can tell you the whole story." Is an example of...
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
"Yes, he was stone, stone dead." Is an example of...
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
To CONCEIVE something is to
think of it
tell about it
dream about it
walk toward it
VEX means to
plan
wake
annoy
scream
What does STIFLE mean
surprise
shout
frighten
smother
An important METAPHOR in the story is...
a train whistle
the vulture eye
the sounds of the ocean
chirping birds
What was the narrator trying to convince us he was NOT?
Evil
Happy
Mad/Crazy
Stupid
The narrator in the story is actually Edgar Allan Poe.
True
False
