Edgar Allan Poe and the Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe was a British editor, writer, and literary critic.

• TRUE

• FALSE

"The Raven" was a successful poem written by Edgar Allan Poe and published in 1845.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Edgar Allen Poe married .....

• his cousin

• a woman named Sandy

• someone twice his age

• at the age of 82

Poe is credited with inventing which type of fiction

• comedy

• science fiction

• detective

• mathematical

What do we call a narrator whose story cannot be trusted?

• suspense

• third-person

• first-person

• unreliable narrator

What is the setting of the story?

• The old man's bedroom in his house in the country.

• The old man's basement at midnight.

• The old man's attic at midnight.

• The old man's house, in his bedroom at midnight.

What feature does the Old Man in "The Tell-Tale Heart" have?

• A mustache

• A crooked nose

• A pale blue eye

• A crooked smile

Answer explanation

The Old Man has a pale blue eye which the narrator is particularly unsettled by.

How long did it take the narrator to accomplish his goal?

• 6 nights

• 7 nights

• 8 nights

• 9 nights

According to history, when the narrator had made end of the board replacing, it was four o´clock – still dark as midnight.

• True

• False

The act of hiding the truth

• dissemble

• subterfuge

• dissimulation

• sagacity