The Tell-Tale Heart is a fiction novel by Edgar Allen Poe about fictional characters published in 1843 about a narrator who is trying to prove his sanity. Try out this quiz and see how much you understood.
He is innocent.
The old man was cruel to him.
He is not insane.
The police picked on him unfairly.
His teeth
His bad breath
His eye
His attitude
Bringing the old man tea
Covering up the old man's eye
Scaring the old man with a bright light
Killing the old man
They were passing by and heard a scream.
Neighbors heard a scream and called.
They had a feeling something was wrong in the house.
The Narrator called them.
He sneaks into the old man's bedroom.
He hears the old man's heart.
He sees the old man's eye.
He shines his lantern.
Surprised
Worried
Confident
Annoyed
The old man's heart continuing to beat.
His own heartbeat.
His imagination.
His guilty conscience.
Stories with happy endings.
Pet stories.
Science-fiction stories.
Horror stories.
To irritate
Intelligence
To take note
To descrease gradually
Muted or suppressed
Hunted
To bother
Intelligent
To confuse
To decrease gradually
To pay attention
To listen
Intelligence
To scream
To follow or track
A carpet cleaner
Determination
Smart
To listen or pay attention
Quietly or cautiously
Secretly