Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" quiz

Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart." If you think me mad...I cut off the head and the arms and the legs. What feature of gothic literature does the excerpt include?

And exploration of rational and irrational behavior.

Read the excerpt from "The Tale-Tell Heart." True nervous very very dreadfully nervous I had been and am... Read the excerpt from "The Black Cat." for the most wild yet homely narrative which I am about to pen... Which statements Best compares these two excerpts?

Both narrators appear to be irrational which makes them both unreliable narrators.

Using an excitable and unreliable narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" allows Edgar Allan Poe to...

Explore human psychology.

Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart." object there was none... Read the excerpt from "The Black Cat." beneath the pressure of torments... by revealing the narrator's deepest thoughts to the author

Increases the element of horror in the narratives.

Read the excerpt from the telltale tale heart. True nervous very very dreadfully nervous I had been and am. in what way is the excerpt characteristic of Gothic literature?

It explores fear and strong emotions.

It is impossible to say first the idea entered my brain but once conceived at haunted me day and night... in what way is the excerpt characteristic of Gothic literature?

It relies on mystery and suspense.

Read the excerpt from the tell tale heart. I smiled for what I had to fear?I bade the gentleman welcome... read the excerpt from the black cat. upon the fourth day of the assassination a party of the police came very unexpectedly into the house and proceeded again to make a rigorous investigation of the premises... which statement best compares these two excerpts?

The arrival of the police officers increases the tension and suspense in the narratives.

Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart."I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men—but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? I foamed—I raved—I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been.....Which statement best describes the narrative point of view of this excerpt?

The excerpt uses a first-person point of view and an unreliable narrator.

Read the excerpt from the tell tale heart True nervous very very dreadfully nervous I had been and am... read the excerpt from The Black Cat I not only neglected but ill used them... Which statement best contrast these two excerpts

The narrator of the tale tale heart views his disease is a positive thing but the narrator of the black cat admits that the disease made him do terrible things.

The ringing became more distinct it continued and I became more distinct I talked freely to get rid of the feeling but it continued and gained definiteness... which statement best contrast these two excerpts?

The sound of the beating heart emphasizes the madness of the narrator in a telltale heart while the sound of the crying cat in the black cat does not.

Read the excerpt from the telltale heart. The reading became more distinct it continued and became more distinct... read the excerpt from the black cat. but may God shield and deliver me from the things of the archfiend! which statement best contrast these two excerpts?

The sound of the beating heart emphasizes the madness of the narrator in the telltale heart while the sound of the crying cat in the black cat does not.

Which excerpt from the telltale heart best illustrates that the narrator is unreliable?

True nervous very very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why are you say that I am mad? the disease has sharp my senses...

Which detail from the telltale heart best explores the psychology of the narrator?

and have I not told you what you mistake for madness is but over a cuteness of the sense now I say there came to my ears a low door quick sound such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton I knew the sound well too.