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WorksheetsThe Tell-Tale Heart
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why did the author most likely choose to tell the story from the first-person point of view?
To highlight the narrator’s need to convince us and himself that he is not crazy
To make the details of the murder more grotesque and vivid
To intensify the drama of the story
Telling the story in third person would make the story boring and slow
Which of the following words best replaces sagacity in the passage below?
"Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door. A watch’s minute hand moves more quickly than did mine. Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers—of my sagacity."
stupidity
righteousness
determination
cleverness
The sound of the old man’s heart most likely symbolizes .
the revenge of the old man
the guilt of the narrator
the knowledge of the police
the sadness of the narrator
Which of the following passages of text best proves that the narrator feels guilty?
"The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease.”
“A shriek had been heard by a neighbor during the night; suspicion of foul play had been aroused."
“There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.”
"Dissemble no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks!—here, here!—it is the beating of this hideous heart!”
According to the narrator, which of the following best explains why he decides to kill the old man?
The old man had wronged him too many times.
He is insane and has no awareness of his actions.
He is haunted by the appearance of one of the man’s eyes.
He wants to steal the old man’s fortune.
Which of the following from the text best supports the reason why he disliked the old man's eye?
“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
"Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever.”
"It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but, once conceived, it haunted me day and night.”
“Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me.”
What happened in the beginning of the story?
The narrator spies on the old man in his sleep.
The narrator murders the old man in the night.
The narrator confesses to the police what he has done.
The narrator murders the old man in the night.
What happened at the end of the story?
The narrator confesses to the police what he has done.
The narrator hears the pounding of the old man’s heart beneath the floor.
The narrator spies on the old man in his sleep.
The narrator murders the old man in the night.
How does Edgar Allan Poe create suspense in "The Tell-Tale Heart?"
noises like the beating heart
setting being at night
escalating tension
all of the above
"Any thing was more tolerable than this derision!" What does derision mean?
the state of being ridiculed or mocked; the use of ridicule or mockery to show contempt
to hide one’s true thoughts or feelings; pretend
putting on a false appearance that hides true feelings
a dramatic gesture used to emphasize or substitute for speech
