Narrator/Author
How did the narrator kill the old man?
Smothered him
After the old man was dead, what two acts did the narrator do to conceal the body?
dismembered it and placed it beneath the floor boards
Read this line from 'The Tell Tale Heart'. 'He shrieked once...I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the bed over him. I SMILED GAILY, to find the deed so far done.' Why did the narrator say 'I smiled gaily'?
He had nothing to fear or he is enjoying the killing of the old man. He is cruel.
In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” how does the narrator’s mood change as the police officers sit and chat at his house?
A.He becomes increasingly calm and confident.
B. He becomes increasingly angry as he argues that he is innocent.
C.He becomes increasingly upset by a noise that he alone hears.
D.He becomes increasingly upset by a noise that he alone hears.
D.He becomes increasingly upset by a noise that he alone hears.
The word fancy has several meanings. Based on its context, decide which is most likely the meaning of fancy in this excerpt from “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself—“It is nothing but the wind in the chimney—it is only a mouse crossing the floor,” or “it is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp.”
A.to like something
B.to elaborately decorate something
C.to feel a desire for something
D.to imagine something
D.to imagine something
Which question might a reader of the following excerpt from “The Tell-Tale Heart” most reasonably ask?
You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded—with what caution—with what foresight—with what dissimulation I went to work.
A . Is the narrator possibly insane? Will the narrator's story be long or short?
B. Will the narrator find true love?
C. Will the narrator's story be long or short?
D.Is the narrator a lonely person?
A..Is the narrator possibly insane?
What is most likely the meaning of acute as it is used in this excerpt from “The Tell-Tale Heart”? Base your answer on context.
The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell.
A.more unclear than usual
B.causing severe pain
C.more intense than usual
D.lasting a short time
C.more intense than usual