🔎 Inference & Evidence
The narrator says he treated the old man more kindly than ever during the week before the murder.
What can the reader infer from this behavior?
A. The narrator has changed his mind about killing the old man.
B. The narrator is hiding his true intentions from the old man.
C. The old man already suspects the narrator's plan.
D. The narrator hopes the old man will leave the house.
B. The narrator is hiding his true intentions from the old man.
Each night, the narrator slowly opens the old man's door and shines a tiny beam of light toward his eye.
How does Poe use this repeated action to create suspense?
A. It slows the action and makes readers anticipate what the narrator will eventually do.
B. It explains why the narrator dislikes darkness.
C. It shows that the old man expects to be attacked.
D. It makes the setting seem peaceful.
A. It slows the action and makes readers anticipate what the narrator will eventually do.
The film uses large areas of darkness and heavy shadows throughout the house.
What is the primary effect of this lighting?
A. It creates an unsettling and threatening atmosphere.
B. It shows that the narrator cannot afford electricity.
C. It makes the old man's house appear larger.
D. It helps viewers determine the exact time of day.
A. It creates an unsettling and threatening atmosphere.
Poe's written story allows readers to hear the narrator explain his thoughts directly.
The film must also communicate many of those thoughts visually.
Which film element can help accomplish this?
A.Paragraph breaks
B. Chapter headings
C. Camera angles and distorted images
D. Footnotes
C. Camera angles and distorted images
Read the sentence:
The narrator concealed the old man's body beneath the floorboards so the police would not discover it.
What does concealed most likely mean?
A. Examined
B. Hid
C. Damaged
D. Carried
B. Hid
The narrator repeatedly insists that he is sane while describing his careful plan for murder.
What does this contradiction suggest about the narrator?
A. He is confident that murder is acceptable.
B. He is more concerned with appearing sane than recognizing how disturbing his actions are.
C. He does not remember committing the crime.
D. He believes the police will agree with his reasoning.
B. He is more concerned with appearing sane than recognizing how disturbing his actions are.
Before the murder, the narrator repeatedly emphasizes his unusually sensitive hearing.
How does this detail foreshadow the ending?
A. It suggests the old man will discover the narrator by listening carefully.
B. It prepares readers for the narrator's later obsession with the sound of a heartbeat.
C. It reveals that the police will hear the body beneath the floor.
D. It suggests the narrator will lose his hearing.
B. It prepares readers for the narrator's later obsession with the sound of a heartbeat.
The filmmaker frequently shows distorted rooms, objects, and shadows instead of presenting the house realistically.
What does this visual style help communicate?
A. The narrator's unstable and distorted perception of events
B. The old man's ability to change the house
C. The police officers' confusion about the crime
D. The narrator's inability to remember where he lives
A. The narrator's unstable and distorted perception of events
In the written story, Poe repeatedly describes how carefully and slowly the narrator approaches the old man's room.
How can the film create a similar effect?
A.By showing the ending first
B. By removing the scene entirely
C. By adding unrelated dialogue
D. By slowing the movement and extending the time before the narrator enters
D. By slowing the movement and extending the time before the narrator enters
The word audible comes from the Latin root aud, meaning hear.
What does audible most likely mean?
A. Able to be seen
B.Impossible to locate
C. Difficult to understand
D. Able to be heard
D. Able to be heard
Which detail best supports the inference that the narrator becomes increasingly overwhelmed by his own fear or guilt?
A. He speaks pleasantly with the police.
B. He places chairs in the old man's room.
C. He believes the beating sound grows louder and louder.
D. He explains that the old man never harmed him.
C. He believes the beating sound grows louder and louder.
Poe describes the narrator opening the door very slowly rather than having him immediately enter the room.
What is the primary effect of slowing the pacing?
A. It gives readers additional information about the house.
B. It delays the expected confrontation and increases anticipation.
C. It proves that the narrator is unsure where the old man sleeps.
D. It makes the narrator appear less dangerous.
B. It delays the expected confrontation and increases anticipation.
As the narrator becomes more agitated, the film's sound becomes increasingly intense.
How does this use of sound affect the viewer?
A. It makes the scene seem less serious.
B.It reveals that another character has entered the room.
C. It explains what the police are thinking.
D. It allows viewers to experience the narrator's increasing panic.
D. It allows viewers to experience the narrator's increasing panic.
The written story describes the narrator's obsession with the old man's eye through words.
How does the film strengthen this idea visually?
A. By repeatedly emphasizing the eye through framing and close-up imagery
B. By showing the police looking at the eye
C. By changing the old man's eye into a different object
D. By removing references to the eye
A. By repeatedly emphasizing the eye through framing and close-up imagery
ACUTE
Read the sentence:
The narrator claims that his sense of hearing had become extremely acute.
Which definition best fits acute as it is used in the sentence?
A. Definition 1
B. Definition 2
C. Definition 3
D. Definition 4
A. Definition 1
The police remain calm while the narrator becomes increasingly agitated.
Which inference is best supported by this contrast?
A. The officers know where the body is hidden and are waiting for a confession.
B. The narrator's own thoughts are creating more pressure than the officers are.
C. The officers cannot hear the narrator speaking clearly.
D. The narrator realizes the officers committed a crime of their own.
B. The narrator's own thoughts are creating more pressure than the officers are.
After hiding the body, the narrator confidently invites the police to sit directly above the floorboards.
How does this moment increase suspense?
A. Readers know something the officers do not and anticipate whether the narrator's confidence will cause his downfall.
B. Readers learn that the officers have already discovered the body.
C. The setting changes from dangerous to completely safe.
D. The narrator tells the officers what happened before they can investigate.
A. Readers know something the officers do not and anticipate whether the narrator's confidence will cause his downfall.
During tense moments, the filmmaker combines close-up images, darkness, unusual angles, and intense sound.
Why is this combination more effective than using only one of these techniques?
A.The techniques make it easier to determine how much time has passed.
B. The techniques provide viewers with additional background information about the old man.
C. The techniques work together to place viewers inside the narrator's increasingly distorted experience.
D. The techniques prove that the narrator's version of events is completely accurate.
C. The techniques work together to place viewers inside the narrator's increasingly distorted experience.
Both versions present the narrator's increasing panic near the end.
Which statement best explains an important difference between the two mediums?
A. Only the film reveals that the narrator committed the murder.
B. Only the written text allows the audience to understand that the narrator is nervous.
C.The text relies heavily on narration and repetition, while the film can combine images, movement, and sound to represent his panic.
D. The written story uses music while the film uses punctuation.
C.The text relies heavily on narration and repetition, while the film can combine images, movement, and sound to represent his panic.
Which sentence correctly uses the subjunctive mood to express a situation that is contrary to fact?
A. The narrator was sitting beside the police officers.
B. If the narrator were truly calm, he would not become increasingly agitated.
C. The officers entered the house after hearing a report.
D. The narrator hears a sound beneath the floor.
B. If the narrator were truly calm, he would not become increasingly agitated.
The narrator hears the heartbeat grow louder until he finally confesses.
Which interpretation is best supported by the narrator's behavior?
A. The sound proves that the old man survived the attack.
B. The police secretly create the sound to force a confession.
C. The narrator's psychological distress becomes so intense that he can no longer maintain his deception.
D. The narrator confesses because the officers directly accuse him.
C. The narrator's psychological distress becomes so intense that he can no longer maintain his deception.
Poe repeatedly increases the intensity of the heartbeat near the end of the story.
How does this repetition contribute to the story's suspense?
A. It introduces a new conflict between the narrator and the old man.
B. It mirrors the narrator's increasing panic and signals that he is approaching a breaking point.
C. It proves to readers that the police can hear the sound.
D. It slows the ending so readers forget about the hidden body.
B. It mirrors the narrator's increasing panic and signals that he is approaching a breaking point.
The filmmaker often presents the environment in a distorted way rather than showing exactly what would realistically appear.
How does this choice affect the viewer's understanding of the narrator?
A. It allows viewers to experience events through his unreliable perception rather than simply observing his actions.
B. It proves that supernatural forces control the narrator.
C. It shows that the narrator does not know the old man.
D. It makes the narrator appear more trustworthy than he does in the text.
A. It allows viewers to experience events through his unreliable perception rather than simply observing his actions.
Poe's narration forces readers to experience much of the story through the narrator's own explanation. The film adds distorted visual imagery to represent his experience.
How does this difference affect the audience?
A. The film makes the narrator's distorted perception visible, while the text requires readers to recognize his unreliability through his words and behavior.
B. The film proves that everything the narrator describes actually happened.
C. The text makes the narrator seem completely reliable because readers cannot see him.
D. The two versions create exactly the same experience because they tell the same plot.
A. The film makes the narrator's distorted perception visible, while the text requires readers to recognize his unreliability through his words and behavior.
Read the sentence:
If the narrator were truly sane, he would recognize how irrational his actions appear.
Why does the writer use were instead of was?
A. To describe an event that definitely occurred in the past
B.To show that several narrators are involved
C. To express a hypothetical or contrary-to-fact condition
D. To indicate that the action will happen in the future
C. To express a hypothetical or contrary-to-fact condition