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WorksheetsThe Tell Tale Heart Questions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In the exposition, what is the narrator is trying to convince the reader?
He is crazy.
He is not insane.
The old man has woken up.
The police are at the door.
Which aspect of the old man vexes the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
HIs children.
His clouded blue eye.
His wrinkled face.
His old house.
What does the narrator think he hears as “The Tell-Tale Heart” progresses?
The ticking of clocks.
The old man's increasingly loud groans.
The sounds of the neighbors.
A heart beating.
Where does the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” hide the old man’s body?
Under the bed.
In a grave in the backyard.
In a closet.
Under the floorboards.
Which passage below best represents the climax of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
"I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him."
"But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer!"
"The disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them."
"As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door."
Based on the context clues, what is the best meaning of dissimulation? “You should have seen how wisely I proceeded – with what caution – with what foresight – with what dissimulation I went to work.”
disguise
shock
anger
Based on the context clues, what is the best meaning of vehemently? “I talked more quickly – more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased.
passionately
carefully
blankly
rudely
Based on the context clues, what is the best meaning of audacity? “In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph...
Boldness
Cowardice
Disrespect
Based on the context clues, what is the best meaning of sagacity? “Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers—of my sagacity.”
Poor decision
power
intelligence
courage
Which best describes why the author used the following comparison? - “One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture –.”
The author personifies the eye so that it becomes a human character.
The onomatopoeia is used to communicate the sound to the heart.
The hyperbole exaggerates the ugliness of the eye so that the reader will not like it.
The metaphor is used to connect the eye to something associated with death - the vulture.
Which tone is created in the following passage? - “You should have seen how wisely I proceeded—with what caution—with what foresight—with what dissimulation I went to work!”
Frightened
Arrogant
Joyful
Hopeless
What is the mood of the following passage? - “Many a night, just at midnight, when the whole world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me.”
Excited and suspenseful
Sleepy and Calm
Suspenseful and Terrifying
What does the passage below foreshadow? - “True! – nervous – very, very, dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses – not destroyed – ... Above all was the sense of hearing acute.
The narrator has a curable disease that he enjoys.
The narrator is mad because he didn't finish his homework.
The disease may destroy one of his five senses.
The narrator's acute hearing may be problematic.
Which tone is created in the following passage? - “You should have seen how wisely I proceeded—with what caution—with what foresight—with what dissimulation I went to work!”
Frightened
Arrogant
Joyful
Hopeless
Which of the following is the best meaning behind the symbolism of the beating heart heard by the narrator?
The ticking of the pocket watch.
The old man knocking on the floorboards.
The narrator's murderous guilt.
