The Tell Tale Heart Questions

In the exposition, what is the narrator is trying to convince the reader?

• He is crazy.

• He is not insane.

• The old man has woken up.

• The police are at the door.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which aspect of the old man vexes the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?

• HIs children.

• His clouded blue eye.

• His wrinkled face.

• His old house.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does the narrator think he hears as “The Tell-Tale Heart” progresses?

• The ticking of clocks.

• The old man's increasingly loud groans.

• The sounds of the neighbors.

• A heart beating.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Where does the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” hide the old man’s body?

• Under the bed.

• In a grave in the backyard.

• In a closet.

• Under the floorboards.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which passage below best represents the climax of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?

• "I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him."

• "But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer!"

• "The disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them."

• "As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door."

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Based on the context clues, what is the best meaning of dissimulation? ­­“You should have seen how wisely I proceeded – with what caution – with what foresight – with what dissimulation I went to work.”

• disguise

• shock

• anger

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Based on the context clues, what is the best meaning of vehemently? “I talked more quickly – more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased.

• passionately

• carefully

• blankly

• rudely

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Based on the context clues, what is the best meaning of audacity? “In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph...

• Boldness

• Cowardice

• Disrespect

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Based on the context clues, what is the best meaning of sagacity? “Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers—of my sagacity.”

• Poor decision

• power

• intelligence

• courage

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which best describes why the author used the following comparison? - “One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture –.”

• The author personifies the eye so that it becomes a human character.

• The onomatopoeia is used to communicate the sound to the heart.

• The hyperbole exaggerates the ugliness of the eye so that the reader will not like it.

• The metaphor is used to connect the eye to something associated with death - the vulture.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10