"Tell-tale Heart" Assessment
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The following standards are being tested: 117. 122. 125 &125.
- 1.
- A.
The moral of the story is don’t fear what you don’t understand.
- B.
The lesson the author wants us to learn from this story is what’s done in the dark, always come to light.
- C.
There is never a reason to commit a senseless crime.
- D.
All the above
- 2.The theme in "Tell-Tale Heart" is stated because the author comes right out & tells us the message behind the story.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Which quote below best supports the following theme: "What's done in the dark always comes to light"
- A.
"I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out --"Who's there?"
- B.
"Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! --tear up the planks! --here, here! --it is the beating of his hideous heart!"
- C.
"TRUE! -- nervous -- very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?"
- D.
"But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me --the sound would be heard by a neighbor!"
- 4.The climax in a story occurs when...
- A.
The unknown man lurks around outside the bedroom of the old man.
- B.
The unknown man scares the old man by making a sound.
- C.
The unknown man kills the old man.
- D.
The unknown man dismembers the old man's body.
- 5.The climax gives rise to which events that happen next (falling action)?
- A.
The unknown man dismembers the body of the old man.
- B.
The unknown man buries the old man's body beneath the floor boards.
- C.
He walks around arrogant in his mind convinced that he has gotten away with murder.
- D.
All of the above
- 6.In the exposition we learn that the unkown man has no real reason to kill the old man.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.In the exposition we learn that the unkown man loves the old man.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Which summary below would best describe the story "Tell-Tale Heart"?
- A.
This story is about a man that is driven to kill an old man due to a physical characteristic the old man has & the unknown man is afraid of & bothered by. The unknown man becomes arrogant about the murder he has committed and thinks he will get away with it until guilt haunts him and he confesses his crime.
- B.
This story is about a man that is driven to kill an old man due to a physical characteristic the old man has & the unknown man doesn't like it.
- C.
This story is about a man that kills an old man.
- D.
This story is about a coming of age for several young ladies who grew up together.
- 9.In "Tell-Tale Heart," the old man's "eye" gives the unknown man a feeling of __________ more than anything.
- A.
Excitement
- B.
Fear
- C.
Anger
- D.
Pleasantness
- 10.The unknown man in "Tell-Tale Heart" & the boy in "Thank You Mam" have which of the following things in common?
- A.
Both individuals attacked innocent victims.
- B.
Both individuals committed the crime for no apparent reason.
- C.
Both individuals committed a crime ended up caught.
- D.
Both a & c
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