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WorksheetsTell-Tale Heart Quiz Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 23mins
Who is the narrator of the story?
3rd person POV (we don't know who tells the story)
1st person POV (the old man tells the story)
1st person POV (the murderer tells the story)
There is no narrator
Because the murderer is the one who tells the story, as the audience we can tell more about...
His unstable state of mind
The way the old man feels in the situation
The neighbor's worries and fears
What the police are thinking
Read the following line: "I admit to the deed!--tear up the planks!--here, here!--it is the beating of his hideous heart"
Why did Edgar Allan Poe choose to use so many dashes in the last paragraphs?
The dashes are just there for decoration
They show that he isn't nervous at all and acting really calm and collected
They show that he is asking a lot of questions
They show he is nervous because he can't speak calmly or clearly
What tone or attitude does this line in paragraph 14 show? "I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye-not even his-could have detected anything wrong"
Unsure
Loving
Confident
Sarcastic
What word best describes the narrator's actions in paragraph 4? (Look at the AGAIN and AGAIN part of the margin on page 98 for a hint)
anxious
repetitive
annoying
creative
Which word goes best with the word "repetitive"?
impossible
slowly
once
every
What do you think the word "profound" means in this sentence? "So you see he would have been a very profound old man indeed to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept" (page 98)
intense
far-reaching
showing great insight or understanding
situated at a great depth
Read Paragraph 10. According to this paragraph what is it that made the murderer finally act out of fury? (look at the picture for a clue!)
The old man was awake on this night, and the murderer could see his eye
The old man made a noise and the noise bothered him
The mattress fell at that moment and caused an accident
The old man was taunting the murderer and making fun of him
What is an "irrational fear"?
A person you don't like
A fear that may not seem logical to others
A feeling of joy
A place that you've been before
The murder said he could hear things in the heavens and on earth, meaning he had a very ACUTE sense of hearing. Which is the best definition for ACUTE?
perceptive (meaning you can sense things others can't)
high in pitch
less than 90 degrees
your sense of smell
What is foreshadowing?
The way that your tone of voice tells a story
Words that are similar in meaning
When an author gives a warning or indication of a future event in the story
The sounds an author uses to give meaning to a story
How could the fact that the murderer has a very acute sense of hearing be foreshadowing for the ending of the story?
He has a good sense of hearing, which gives us a clue that it will be a sound that drives him crazy at the end
He has a good sense of hearing which gives us a clue that he will call the police
He has a good sense of hearing which gives us a clue that the old man will be awake in the room
He has a good sense of hearing which gives us a clue that he will hide the body in the floorboards
What is IRONY in a story?
Clues about what will happen at the end of a story
Two words that are opposite in meaning
Opposite result than what you would expect in a story
When all the words in a sentence start with the same letter
Which is the best example of IRONY?
Having a good day
Talking to a person you've never met before
You get a free ride after you've already paid for one
Playing a game on your Chromebook
What are two examples of IRONY from "Tell-Tale Heart" (Choose TWO boxes)
the murderer covered his crime well, yet still confessed to the police
the lantern opened just a tiny bit in the dark
the murderer keeps insisting he's sane, and the more he does the more crazy he sounds
he killed him on the 8th night
Draw something that is a SYMBOL in the story. Then add a text box and say what it represents in the story
Use RACE to answer the following question: What is something the narrator does to show that he feels guilt by the end of the story?
(Restate & Answer the Question, Cite Textual Evidence, Explain your Evidence) 3 sentence minimum
