Starter quiz

  • What does the narrator in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' reveal about himself in the first line of the story?
    • that he is mad and delusional
    • that he has murdered people before
    • that he is not mad, but dreadfully nervous  ✓
    • that he loves the old man
    • that he is planning to confess
  • Why does the narrator hate the old man in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?
    • because he is richer than him
    • because he disturbs him with loud music
    • because he is older and wiser than him
    • because he has a strange blue eye  ✓
    • because he was rude to him once
  • Hubristic means ...
    • excessively intelligent and academic.
    • anti-social and withdrawn.
    • charismatic and personable.
    • excessively proud and arrogant.  ✓
  • Which of the following words can be used as a synonym for 'suspense'?
    • mirroring
    • tension  ✓
    • horror
    • amusement
  • Complete the quotation from 'The Tell-Tale Heart': "He had the eye of a ______—a pale blue eye, with a film over it."
    • 'vulture' ✓
  • Starting with the first, put the quotations from 'The Tell-Tell Heart' in chronological order.
    • 1
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      "Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story."
    • 2
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      "I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart"
    • 3
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      "There came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes"
    • 4
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      "In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him."
    • 5
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      "I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.."
    • 6
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      "The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced them."
    • 7
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      "Tear up the planks!—here, here!—It is the beating of his hideous heart!”"
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