"The Tell-Tale Heart"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What had the madness done for the narrator's senses? nothing of note dulled them sharpened them destroyed them

2. What was the reason that the narrator killed the old man? his house his gold his eye he insulted the narrator

3. During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he act towards him? cruel kind indifferent it never says

4. How long did it take the narrator to place his head into the door so that he could see the old man? a half hour an hour 45 minutes an hour and a half

5. For how many nights did the narrator look in upon the old man? 5 7 6 8

6. Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man on the first night? the eye was closed he didn't have the courage on the first night there was someone else in the house the old man wasn't asleep by midnight on the first night

7. What did the narrator do by accident-as a result waking the old man? he coughed he sneezed his thumb slipped on the lantern he slipped and fell

8. What did the old man cry out when awakened? "What was that?" "Who's there?" "Is anyone there?" "Who is it?"

9. What was the low, dull, quick sound that the narrator heard? the old man's heartbeat his watch his own heartbeat the clock

10. The beating grew louder--what was the new anxiety that seized the narrator at this point? someone coming in the house to investigate the noise the sound being heard by neighbors the noise waking up the old man there was no anxiety at this time

11. How many times did the old man shriek? twice once none three times

12. After the old man was dead, what was the first thing the narrator did to conceal the body? threw it out buried it beneath the floor dismembered it hid it in the closet

13. What was the next thing he did to conceal the body? buried it beneath the floor buried it outside threw it out burned it

14. Why were the police sent to the house? a shriek was heard an argument was heard someone had seen the narrator a gunshot was heard

15. And finally, what was it that made the narrator confess to the crime? his own heartbeat the police suspected him his ears began to ring the old man's heartbeat