The Tell Tale Heart

What had madness done to the narrator's senses?

• Sharpened them
• Destroyed them
• Dulled them
• Nothing

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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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CCSS.RL.8.6

What is true about the narrator?

• the narrator is not a madman

• the narrator won’t be able to kill the old man

• the narrator does not understand his own madness and insanity

• the old man is aware of the narrator’s evil plans

Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers—of my sagacity. Sagacity must mean

• stupidity

• righteousness

• magic

• cleverness

The sound of the old man’s heart most closely symbolizes

• the revenge of the old man

• the guilt of the narrator

• the knowledge of the police

• the sadness of the reader

According to the narrator, which of the following best explains why he decides to kill the old man?

• The old man had wronged him.

• He thinks the old man is crazy.

• He wants to steal the man's gold.

• He is haunted by the appearance of one of the man’s eyes.

When the police knock on the door, the narrator opens the door with a light heart.  Why?

• He is having a great hair day
• He just won the lottery
• He just woke up from a great nap
• He thinks he has cleaned up all of the evidence of the murder

Why does the narrator finally confess to the murder?

• he wants to shock the police officers
• he thinks the officers hear the heartbeat and are mocking him
• the neighbor hears a shriek
• he wants to be rewarded for the intelligence of his murder plan

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CCSS.RL.K.1

Who is the author of "The Tell Tale Heart"

• Ms. Cherry
• Emily Dickinson
• Edgar Allen Poe
• Harry Potter

what does the narrator start to think he hears as the story progresses?

• a roar of the ocean
• the sounds of neighbors
• a heart beating
• the old man's increasingly loud groans