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Quiz name: Tell Tale Heart - Literary Techniques
1.
When the story opens, the narrator is saying —
A
he is not insane
B
the old man is cruel to him
C
he is insane
D
he is very confused
2.
As the narrator enters the old man’s room on the eighth night, —
A
the old man wakes up
B
the old man continues sleeping
C
dogs begin to howl
D
the wind begins to moan
3.
What bothers the narrator about the old man?
A
The old man’s snoring upsets him.
B
The old man’s eye disturbs him.
C
The old man keeps talking about his fortune.
D
The old man won’t leave the house.
4.
Why do the police come to the house?
A
The narrator called them.
B
The old man had asked the police to check on him every once in a while.
C
A neighbor reported hearing a shriek.
D
They suspect the narrator has committed a crime.
5.
How do the police respond to the narrator?
A
They accuse him of murdering the old man.
B
They continue to chat calmly while he foams and raves, acting a bit frightened.
C
They believe that he is insane and ignore him.
D
They believe his story and leave quickly.
6.
The narrator confesses to the police because he —
A
believes they must hear the heartbeat through the floor
B
wants to convince them that he is sane
C
regrets what he has done and wants to turn himself in
D
thinks the murder will make him famous
Which of the following details provides the strongest evidence that the narrator
is insane?
7.
A
After the murder, he tells a clever lie to the police.
B
The sight of the pale blue eye drives him to murder the old man.
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C
He is very cautious about entering the old man’s room.
D
He explains that he is very nervous and his hearing is very sensitive.
8.
Which of the following details reveals that the speaker is an unreliable narrator?
A
The narrator loves the old man and treats him kindly.
B
The narrator hears sounds that exist only in his own mind.
C
The narrator reveals that he lied to the police.
D
The narrator explains why he lied to the police.
9.
The narrator believes that —
A
the police are the villains who really killed the old man
B
the old man is really alive
C
the old man’s heart is beating under the floorboards
D
he will inherit all the old man’s money
10.
The heartbeat symbolizes —
A
the police officers’ cleverness
B
the old man’s eye
C
the narrator’s own guilt
D
a watch wrapped in cotton
11.
The narrator would show verbal irony if he told the police that —
A
he is calm
B
he knows how the old man feels
C
he is very nervous
D
they do not know where the old man is buried
12.
The story shows situational irony when the —
A
narrator reveals that he committed the murder
B
narrator cuts the old man’s body apart
C
narrator hides the old man’s body
D
old man is revealed to be alive
13.
Which of the following literary devices is not in “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
A
Mood
B
Foreshadowing
C
Irony
D
Humor
What characteristic of the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” is evident in the following sentence?
14.
"I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart."
A
He has a sense of humor.
B
He is impatient.
C
He is cruel.
D
He is highly irritable.
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15.
Where does the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” hide the old man's body?
A
under a pile of blankets
B
in a grave in the backyard
C
in a closet
D
under the floorboards
Why does the sound of the old man's groan in the middle of the night sound familiar to the narrator
of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
16.
A
The narrator himself has groaned in terror in the night.
B
The old man often groans.
C
The old man's groan sounds like the wind blowing, a sound the narrator often hears.
D
The old man often has disturbing dreams.
17.
How did the narrator kill the old man
A
By smothering him with a pillow
B
By choking him with his hands
C
By pulling the heavy bed over him
18.
What sense was acute in the beginning of the story?
A
Smell
B
Sight
C
Hearing
19.
Death being compared to a shadow serves as the following literary device A
Hyperbole and Personification
B
Personification and Metaphor
C
Metaphor and Imagery
D
Irony and Imagery
20.
Anaphora is A
a specific type of repetition in which words are repeated at the beginning of successive grammatical
units
B
a specific type of description in which words are described at the beginning of successive
grammatical units
C
a specific type of sound imagery in which words are presented in successive grammatical units in a
way that emphasizes sound
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