"The Tell-Tale Heart"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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

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

3. During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he act towards him? kind indifferent cruel 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 and a half 45 minutes an hour

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? "Who is it?" "What was that?" "Who's there?" "Is anyone there?"

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

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 there was no anxiety at this time the noise waking up the old man the sound being heard by neighbors

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

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

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

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