Tell-Tale Heart & Cask of Amontillado Quiz (45 points total)
Place all answers on a separate sheet of paper.
The following Questions cover “The Tell-Tale Heart”
1. In what way has the old man previously wronged the narrator?
A.
in absolutely no way
B.
by cheating him in business
C.
by humiliating him in public
D.
by refusing to lend him money
2. The narrator imagines the old man's bad eye as the eye of a
A.
pig.
B.
baby.
C.
snake.
D.
vulture.
3. The old man has fastened his shutters because
A.
he's afraid of robbers.
B.
he's allergic to the night air.
C.
he's afraid that people will see into his room.
D.
they bang open and shut when the wind blows.
4. The narrator compares the lantern's ray falling on the eye to
A.
a raindrop.
B.
a diving eagle.
C.
a spider's thread.
D.
an arrow shot from a bow.
5. The old man can best be characterized as
A.
calm and easygoing.
B.
absolutely fearless.
C.
pushy and obnoxious.
D.
nervous and excitable.
6. How does the murderer get rid of the victim's body?
A.
He dumps it into a river.
B.
He dissolves it in very strong acid.
C.
He cuts it up and buries it under the floorboards.
D.
He puts it on a boat that is departing that very night.
7. An important example of sound imagery in the story is
A.
a train whistle.
B.
a watch's ticking.
C.
the chirping of birds.
D.
the cascading of water.
8. The narrator claims that his attitude toward the old man has always been
A.
loving.
B.
hateful.
C.
highly critical.
D.
coolly respectful.
9. When he lets the police into the old man's room, the narrator sits
A.
on the bed.
B.
on the window sill.
C.
between the police officers.
D.
directly above the hidden corpse.
10. The old man’s eye __________ the narrator.
a. delighted
b. frightened
c. vexed
d. saddened
The following questions cover “The Cask of Amontillado”
11.Upon what did Fortunato pride himself?
His art collection
Being a connoirsseur of wine
His palace
Being a fine cook
12.Why was Fortunato dressed in a costume?
He was going to a costume party
It was Halloween
It was Carnival
None of the above
13.What is the narrator's name?
Montressor
Lord Habersham
Pip
Luchrese
14. Why were there no servants at the narrator's home when they arrived?
He had no servants
He'd given them the night off
He'd told them that he would be out for the night
The servants were there, but asleep
15. When Fortunato asked the narrator to give him a sign to prove that he was a Mason, what did
the narrator do?
Produced a trowel
Gave the secret handsign of the Masons
Showed him the sign in his family's coat of arms
Showed him his ring
16. What is Amontillado
Beer
Sherry (a type of wine)
Liquor
A grain
17. What part of the narrator's house did he and Fortunato visit?
The kitchen
The courtyard
The wine locker
The catacombs
18. What did the narrator do to Fortunato
Nothing
Stabbed him with his sabre
Locked him behind a wall of bricks
Gave him the cask of amontillado
19. What was Fortunato dressed as?
A king
A lady
A ghost
A motley
20. How many years ago did Montressor say that he committed this crime?
100 years
25 years
75 years
50 years
Part II – Short response ( 3 points each)
21. What does the narrator of Tell-Tale say the disease allowed him to be able to do?
22. What does the narrator do every night (be specific).
23. Why does the narrator eventually confess to the crime?
24. Explain why there were no servants at Montressor’s home (be specific)?
25. Explain why the Montressor family crest of a huge foot crushing a serpent that has its fangs in
the heel of the foot is symbolic in the story (why is it appropriate)?
Part Three – Long Response (10 points)
Choose 1 of the topics
Topic A. Explain how Montressor uses verbal irony to pay back Fortunato’s many “injuries” to
him as they travel through the catacombs on their way to get the Amontillado.
Topic B. Discuss why it is so important to narrator of the “Tell-Tale Heart” that the reader think
that he is sane and not crazy.