The Tell-Tale Heart 2023
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- Q1My class English (ELAR) period at school is7th period4th period8th period1st period3rd period6th period5th period30s
- Q2What worries the narrator the most about the sound he hears on the eighth night?D. he suffocates the old manA. a neighbor will hear itC. it was made by a ghostB. someone was watching him30s
- Q3How does the narrator murder the old man?C. he sets the mattress on fireD. he suffocates the old manA. he stabs the old man in the heartB. he poison's the old man's dinner30s
- Q4Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?A. in the basementB. in the flooringC. in the closetD. under the bed30s
- Q5What do we learn about the narrator when he asks the police officers to sit and rest in the same room where he's hidden the body?C. he's rudeD. he's insaneB. he's confidentA. he's careless30s
- Q6Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?D.the narrator hated the old manB.the narrator wants his goldC.the old man’s eye vexed himA. the old man had hurt him30s
- Q7Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?C. toucha. sightb. hearingd. smell30s
- Q8Why does the old man sit up in bed and say, "It is nothing but the wind in the chimney --it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp."?D. he is trying to calm his own fearsB. He is trying to comfort the narratorC. He is trying to figure out the soundsA. He can’t get back to sleep due to the noise30s
- Q9What does the narrator do when he hears the anxiety-provoking sound as he's talking to the police?B. he rushes the officers out of the roomA. he pretends not to hear anythingC. he talks loudly and paces the floor heavilyD. he asks the officers if they hear it, too30s
- Q10In the Tell-Tale Heart, why does the narrator think the police officers don't hear the noise?C. he thinks they are too scared to say anything about the noiseB. he thinks they are old and hard-of-hearingD. he thinks that they're too far away to hear itA. he thinks they're mocking him by pretending not to hear it30s
- Q11"All in vain; because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim." “Death” in the passage below most likely refers to___the old manthe narratornone of the abovea spirit or higher power30s
- Q12The sound of the old man’s heart most closely symbolizes_____the sadness of the narratorthe guilt of the narratorthe knowledge of the policethe revenge of the old man30s
- Q13According to the narrator, which of the following best explains why he decides to kill the old man?He is insane and has no awareness of his actions.He wants to steal the old man’s fortune.The old man had wronged him too many times.He is haunted by the appearance of one of the man’s eyes.30s
- Q14What is the meaning of voice?working togetherunderstood, but not clearly statedclearly statedauthor's writing style30s
- Q15What is the MOOD in the following passage: "And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it - oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head."Calm and peacefulLonely and sadDark and creepy30s