Vocabulary One
(What is...)
Vocabulary Two
(What is...)
Facts
(What is or what are..)
Comprehension One
(answer the question normally)
Comprehension Two
(answer the question normally)
100
Small pieces of wood.
What are scantlings?
100
sharp or keen (as in an acute sense of hearing)
What is acute?
100
Words that imitate the sound of the word it's describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
What does the Villainous Narrator strongly want readers to believe?
He is not insane.
100
At the end of the story, the sound the Villainous Narrator hears could be any of the following EXCEPT: a) the Old Man’s heart continuing to beat. b) his own heartbeat. c) his imagination. d) his guilty conscience.
The Old Man’s heart continuing to beat.
200
To disguise or hide one's thoughts.
What is dissimulation?
200
bold courage; daring
What is audacity?
200
Edgar Allan Poe was absolutely obsessed with this topic.
What is death?
200
What does the Villainous Narrator despise about the old man and why?
He despises his eye because it reminds him of a vulture.
200
During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he act towards him? How had the old man wronged the narrator?
He was kind and loving. The old man had done absolutely nothing wrong.
300
Ability to make good judgements.
What is sagacity?
300
acting with great force; violently or forcefully
What is vehemently?
300
The point of view this story is told in.
What is the first person point of view?
300
What does the narrator want to do to the old man?
Kill him.
300
What is the heartbeat at the end of the story a symbol of?
The narrator's guilt or conscience.
400
offer or express something to someone
What is bade?
400
contempt or ridicule; the feeling someone is worthless or deserves scorn
What is derision?
400
The 2 types of conflicts this story illustrates.
What is man vs self and man vs man?
400
Which of the following does the Narrator do LAST? a) He sneaks into the Old Man’s bedroom. b) He hears the Old Man’s heart. c) He sees the Old Man’s eye. d) He shines his lantern.
He hears the Old Man’s heart.
400
How did the narrator kill the old man?
He smothered him with his mattress.
500
to disturb or bother; to terrify
What is vex?
500
A hypothesis; make an educated guess
What is suppositions?
500
The type of stories Poe is most famous for writing.
What are horror stories?
500
How did the police know to come to the Old Man’s house?
Neighbors heard a scream and called.
500
What was it that made the narrator confess to the crime? In his own mind what did he think that made him confess?
The old man's heartbeat.
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