Matching exercise THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe iClassics Collection - iPoe 1
1. Match each phrase from the story with an image.
“Object there was
none. Passion there was none. I loved 1 A the old man.”
“He was still sitting up in
the bed listening:- just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to 2 B the death watches in the wall.”
“at length a single ray,
like the thread of the spider, shot from out 3 C the crevice and fell full open the vulture eye.”
“I then smiled gaily,
to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart 4 D beat on with a muffled sound.”
“I foamed – I raved – I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the 5 E noise arose over all and continually increased.”
“they were making a
mockery of my horror!” 6 F
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Glossary THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe iClassics Collection - iPoe 1
Acute: (adj) sharp or intense Crevice: (n) narrow opening
Hearten: (v) to make more cheerful or confident Marrow: (n) substance in the centre of a bone Conceive: (v) to form or devise Gaily: (adj) happily Film: (n) a thin layer of something Vex: (v) to annoy Cunning: (adj) skilfully deceitful Scantling: (n) part of a wooden cross section Profound: (adj) great or intense Suave: (adj) charming, confident, elegant Sagacious: (adj) wise or shrewd Depute: (v) to appoint or instruct Pitch: (n) black liquid made by distilling tar Audacity (n): willingness to take a bold risk Awe: (n) a deep reverential feeling Trifles: (n) unimportant things Supposition: (n) a belief held without proof Gesticulation: (n) a dramatic gesture In vain: (adj) without success Derision: (n) ridicule or mockery
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Quiz THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe iClassics Collection - iPoe 1
Please choose the best option for each of the following questions:
1. What is the first piece of evidence the narrator 7. How many times did the narrator put his head in gives to suggest he can’t be mad? the old man’s room before he killed him? a. His sharp sense of hearing a. 7 b. His love of the old man b. 8 c. His deductive skills c. 3
2. What is written on the frame of the picture of the 8. What object does the narrator compare his slowly old man and the narrator? * moving hand to? a. Poe photos a. A snail b. Usher photography b. A watch’s minute hand c. Vulture pictures c. Paint drying
3. Why did the narrator decide to kill the man?
a. Because he hated his eye b. Because he wanted his gold c. Because the old man had insulted him
4. What can you see in the picture on the second
page? * a. The old man b. The old man and a vulture c. The narrator
5. At around what time did the narrator put the lan-
tern into the old man’s room? a. 9pm b. Midnight 9. Why did the old man suddenly wake up? c. 2am a. He saw the narrator’s head in the room b. He had a nightmare c. He heard the narrator’s thumb slip on the lantern 6. How long did it take the narrator to place his head completely inside the old man’s room? a. 4 hours 10. What does the old man do when you tap him? * b. 1 hour a. Screams c. 20 minutes b. Trembles c. Opens his eye
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15. How many pieces is the old man’s body
dismembered into? * a. 4 b. 7 c. 8
16. Where did the narrator hide the body?
a. Under the floorboards b. In the garden c. In the attic
17. Who knocked at the door at 4 o’clock?
a. A neighbour b. Nobody c. The police
11. What emotions does the narrator say were
contained in the old man’s groan? 18. Why did the narrator begin to feel anxious a. Hysteria and anger while talking to the police? b. Mortal terror and awe a. They asked to look under the floorboards c. Pain and grief b. He could hear the beating heart c. They started asking more difficult questions
12. What does the vulture eye do when you move
the lantern’s ray? * 19. What can you see in the image on page 14? a. Changes colour Circle all that apply. * b. Follows the light a. The narrator c. Blinks b. The policemen c. The lantern 13. What does the narrator compare the sound of d. The heart the beating of the old man’s heart to? a. A watch enveloped in cotton b. The footsteps of an army c. A metronome
14. Why did the narrator become anxious about the
sound of the old man’s heart? a. It made him think more clearly of the vulture eye b. He was scared a neighbour would hear it c. He thought the old man might try to run away
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Writing THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe iClassics Collection - iPoe 1
Please answer the questions below with a written response, based on the excerpts from the text provided.
1. 2.
AS OLD MAN AS OLD MAN
Write message to your cousin telling him that you Write another message to your cousin explaining have hired a new assistant. Describe him and explain what’s happening. Describe the situation and your why you hired him fear. Suggest what you think the noise might be.
3. 4.
AS ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS AS NARRATOR
Send a message about the narrator to another of the Write a status explaining that you have just been police officers. Describe his change in disposition sin- arrested for murder and quickly summarising what ce you got there and ask if they think it’s suspicious. has happened. Try to mimic the style of writing the narrator uses throughout the story.
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