The Tell-tale Heart By Edgar Allen Poe
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This quiz will show you how much you know about the story. Great for review for school quizzes or tests!
- 1.From what point of view is this story told?
- A.
1st Person
- B.
2nd Person
- C.
3rd Person
- 2.What type of conflict is in this story?
- A.
World vs. Man
- B.
Man vs. Man
- C.
Animal vs. Animal
- 3.Although the narrator states that he is not mad, he does admit to having a certain disease which is...
- A.
Sharpened Senses
- B.
Anxiety
- C.
All of the Above
- 4.This disease has made him ________________?~evil~crazy~normal
- 5.
- A.
He planned the murder but his plan failed so he is mad because he doesn't know anything.
- B.
He knows nothing so he is mad.
- C.
That if your mad you know nothing, you are dumb. But he is not dumb because he planned the whole murder which makes him know something.
- 6.How does he see his actions justifying this statement?
- A.
His actions were not planned out well so he was caught in the act.
- B.
His actions were very careful and cautious.
- C.
He was loud and obnoxious.
- 7.
- A.
Didn't do a messy job so there was no blood to clean up and hid him under the floorboards.
- B.
Did a messy job but then cleaned up all of the blood.
- C.
He left a mess and didn't clean it up so that is how he got caught.
- 8.When the police officers came, what does the narrator think they were doing by sitting there and chatting for so long?
- A.
To make him admit what he did.
- B.
Nothing.
- C.
Being friendly.
- 9.To what does the narrator compare the sound of the beating heart to?
- A.
He didn't hear a beating heart.
- B.
A watch enveloped in cotton.
- C.
A clock chiming in a soundproof room.
- 10.Why does the narrator kill the old man?
- A.
Because of the old man's blue vulture eye.
- B.
Because the old man was mean to him.
- C.
Because the old man deserved to die because he was old and mean.
- 11.At midnight on 8 successive nights, the narrator goes to the old man's bedroom. Explain why the narrator does not kill him on the 1st 7 nights.
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