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The Tell Tale Heart

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What had madness done to the narrator's senses?
a)
Sharpened them
b)
Destroyed them
c)
Dulled them
d)
Nothing
2.
What point of view is "The Tell-Tale Heart" told in?
a)
first person
b)
second person
c)
third person limited
d)
third person omniscient
3.

What is true about the narrator?

a)

the narrator is not a madman

b)

the narrator won’t be able to kill the old man

c)

the narrator does not understand his own madness and insanity

d)

the old man is aware of the narrator’s evil plans

4.

Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers—of my sagacity. Sagacity must mean

a)

stupidity

b)

righteousness

c)

magic

d)

cleverness

5.

The sound of the old man’s heart most closely symbolizes

a)

the revenge of the old man

b)

the guilt of the narrator

c)

the knowledge of the police

d)

the sadness of the reader

6.

According to the narrator, which of the following best explains why he decides to kill the old man?

a)

The old man had wronged him.

b)

He thinks the old man is crazy.

c)

He wants to steal the man's gold.

d)

He is haunted by the appearance of one of the man’s eyes.

7.
When the police knock on the door, the narrator opens the door with a light heart.  Why?
a)
He is having a great hair day
b)
He just won the lottery
c)
He just woke up from a great nap
d)
He thinks he has cleaned up all of the evidence of the murder
8.
Why does the narrator finally confess to the murder?
a)
he wants to shock the police officers
b)
he thinks the officers hear the heartbeat and are mocking him
c)
the neighbor hears a shriek
d)
he wants to be rewarded for the intelligence of his murder plan
9.
Who is the author of "The Tell Tale Heart"
a)
Ms. Cherry
b)
Emily Dickinson
c)
Edgar Allen Poe
d)
Harry Potter
10.
what does the narrator start to think he hears as the story progresses?
a)
a roar of the ocean
b)
the sounds of neighbors
c)
a heart beating
d)
the old man's increasingly loud groans
11.
Why did the narrator wait until the eighth night to kill the old man?
a)
He was scared
b)
He didn't see the eye
c)
The old man was on vacation
d)
He didn't know how to do it
12.
Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?
a)
In the closet
b)
He buries it in the yard
c)
He buries it in the floorboards
d)
He dumps it in the river
13.
Why is the resolution ironic?
a)
The old man is not really dead
b)
The police already knew the narrator murdered the old man
c)
The narrator is telling the story to the police
d)
The narrator confesses to the crime even though he would have gotten away with it