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    The Tell-Tale Heart Test

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    The document contains a vocabulary test and reading comprehension questions about Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". It tests knowledge of vocabulary words used in the story like "acute", "vexed", and "suavity". It also asks multiple choice questions about details of Poe's life, such as his most famous poem being "The Raven". Short answer questions examine elements of Poe's writing style and themes in "The Tell-Tale Heart" like why the main character admits his crime.

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    The document contains a vocabulary test and reading comprehension questions about Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". It tests knowledge of vocabulary words used in the story like "acute", "vexed", and "suavity". It also asks multiple choice questions about details of Poe's life, such as his most famous poem being "The Raven". Short answer questions examine elements of Poe's writing style and themes in "The Tell-Tale Heart" like why the main character admits his crime.

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    The document contains a vocabulary test and reading comprehension questions about Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". It tests knowledge of vocabulary words used in the story like "acute", "vexed", and "suavity". It also asks multiple choice questions about details of Poe's life, such as his most famous poem being "The Raven". Short answer questions examine elements of Poe's writing style and themes in "The Tell-Tale Heart" like why the main character admits his crime.

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    The Tell-Tale Heart Test

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    Dave Jenkins
    The document contains a vocabulary test and reading comprehension questions about Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". It tests knowledge of vocabulary words used in the story like "acute", "vexed", and "suavity". It also asks multiple choice questions about details of Poe's life, such as his most famous poem being "The Raven". Short answer questions examine elements of Poe's writing style and themes in "The Tell-Tale Heart" like why the main character admits his crime.

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    The Tell-Tale Heart/ Edgar Allan Poe Test

    I. Vocabulary- Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word from the word bank.

    Acute vexed sagacity refrained wary suavity

    Audacity vehemently gesticulations derision

    1. The killer had a/an _____________ sense of hearing.


    2. The narrator had the _______________ to bring the police officers into the room where the
    dead body was placed under the floor boards.
    3. The reason the narrator killed the old man is because he was so ____________ by his eye.
    4. When the murderer became nervous, he used rapid hand movements or _______________.
    5. The killer felt the eye watched him with _____________, or ridicule.
    6. The killer used _______________ , or good judgment, in waiting until just the right moment to
    strike the old man.
    7. When waiting in the dark room, the killer ______________ from using his lantern until just the
    right moment.
    8. The murderer should have been more ____________ around the police officers.
    9. He pulled the heavy bed on top of the old man ________________ in order to kill him.
    10. When he treated the old man kindly and showed smoothness around him, the killer was acting
    with _____________.

    II. Edgar Allan Poe- Answer the following multiple choice questions in reference to the famous author.

    11. In 1845, Poe became popular for this poem:


    A. Annabel Lee
    B. Bells
    C. The Raven
    D. The Tell-Tale Heart
    12. Poes life is best described as:
    A. a charmed life within a wealthy family in Virginia
    B. a difficult life plagued by the death of the women he loved and poverty
    C. the life of fame and fortune after writing The Cask of Amontillado
    D. a life of an unsuccessful writer
    13. Which of the following is not true:

    A. Edgar Allan Poes mother and wife both died of tuberculosis (TB)
    B. Edgar Allan Poes death is a mystery
    C. Edgar Allan Poe enlisted in the army
    D. Edgar Allan Poe graduated from Virginia Tech

    14. Write one fact that you know about Edgar Allan Poe that has not already been mentioned.

    III. The Tell-Tale Heart Reading Comprehension and Literary Elements

    15. When Poe wrote, the hinges creaked, he was using _____________.
    A. style
    B. plot
    C. metaphor
    D. imagery

    16. When Poe wrote, much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton, he was
    using this type of figurative language.

    A. metaphor

    B. simile

    C. alliteration

    D. repetition

    17. An example of alliteration would be:

    A. He is a pig

    B. the hinges creaked

    C. hideous heart
    D. vulture eye

    18. Repetition is:

    A. the repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words

    B. a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

    C. where words or certain phrases are repeated for emphasis

    D. language that appeals to the senses

    19. When topics that are usually treated seriously such as death, terror, or sickness are treated
    humorous way, this is called:

    A. grim humor

    B. sarcasm

    C. irony

    D. funny

    20. The Tell-Tale Heart is this genre (kind) of literature:

    A. grim humor

    B. horror

    C. non-fiction

    D. poetry

    21. What is the low, dull, quick, sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton?

    A. a watch that is hidden in a drawer

    B. the sound of the old man breathing

    C. the sound of a heart beating


    D. none of the above

    The following questions are short answer and should be answered fully, with as many details as
    possible. Answers must be in complete sentences. (3 points each)

    22. What are some of the elements of Edgar Allan Poes style of writing? Give examples.

    23. Why does the main character admit what he has done?

    24. What did you like/ dislike about the way the author wrote The Tell-Tale Heart? Give 2
    examples or reasons.
    13. Which of the following is not true about Edgar Allan Poe:
    A. He married his first cousin, Virginia, when she was 13.
    B. His death remains a mystery to this day.
    C. He
    D. He enlisted in the army.

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