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My class English (ELAR) period at school is
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What worries the narrator the most about the sound he hears on the eighth night?
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D. he suffocates the old man
A. a neighbor will hear it
C. it was made by a ghost
B. someone was watching him
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My class English (ELAR) period at school is
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What worries the narrator the most about the sound he hears on the eighth night?
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How does the narrator murder the old man?
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Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?
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What 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?
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Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
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Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?
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Why 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."?
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What does the narrator do when he hears the anxiety-provoking sound as he's talking to the police?
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In the Tell-Tale Heart, why does the narrator think the police officers don't hear the noise?
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"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___
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The sound of the old man’s heart most closely symbolizes_____
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According to the narrator, which of the following best explains why he decides to kill the old man?
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What is the meaning of voice?
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What 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."
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What is the MOOD in the following passage: "But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me - the sound would be heard by a neighbor! The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once - once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor..."
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Which INFERENCE about the narrator is best supported by the following passage: "There was nothing to wash out! - no stain of any kind - no bloodspot whatsoever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all - ha! ha!"
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Which INFERENCE about the old man is best supported by the following passage: "His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself - "It is nothing but the wind in the chimney - it is only a mouse crossing the floor."
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Which of the following is the best SUMMARY for The Tell-Tale Heart:
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Identify the SIMILE in the following passage: "So I opened it - you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily - until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell upon the vulture eye."
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Identify the SIMILE in the following passage: “I knew that sound well too. It was the beating of the old man’s heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of the drum stimulates the soldier into courage.”