"The Tell-Tale Heart"

Which of the narrator's senses does he say is most acute?

• Sight
• Smell
• Hearing
• Taste

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Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?

• He wants the old man's gold
• He hates the old man
• Kill him? Who said anything about killing him?!
• The old man's eye vexes him

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Where does the narrator hide the old man's corpse?

• In the closet
• He buries it in the yard
• He buries it in the floorboards
• He dumps it in the river

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What worries the narrator the most about the sound he hears on the 8th night?

• A neighbor will hear it
• The police will hear it
• It means that he is insane
• It will wake up the old man

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How does the narrator murder the old man?

• Murder him? Who said anything about murder?!
• He smothers him with the mattress
• He poisons him at breakfast
• He stabs him in the heart

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Why is the resolution ironic?

• The old man is not really dead
• The police already knew the narrator murdered the old man
• The narrator is telling the story to the police
• The narrator confesses to the crime even though he would have gotten away with it

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What point of view is "The Tell-Tale Heart" told in?

• first person
• second person
• third person limited
• third person omniscient

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Why does the narrator think the officers can't hear the noise?

• he thinks they're mocking him by pretending not to hear it
• they are too far away to hear it
• they are old and hard of hearing
• they are too scared to do anything about it

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What sound on the 8th night causes the narrator to feel nervousness and anxiety?

• a cricket
• a heartbeat
• a chuckle
• a groan

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Who is the author of "The Tell-Tale Heart?"

• Charles Dickens
• Leonard Q. Ross
• Annabel Lee
• Edgar Allan Poe