"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe Quiz and Answer Key
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Evaluate general reading comprehension and maximize students’ interest in suspenseful fiction with this plot-based quiz covering Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the narrative. An answer key and copy of the text are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

  • The alleged effects of the narrator’s fever the previous year
  • The narrator’s motivations
  • The narrator’s defense against claims of his being insane
  • The duration of time it took for the narrator to kill the old man
  • The reason the old man springs up in bed, awake
  • The manner of the old man’s death
  • The location of the old man’s remains
  • The reason police are alerted to the scene of the crime
  • The narrator’s initial reaction to the police’s arrival
  • The narrator’s explanation for the old man’s disappearance
  • The psychotic breakdown of the narrator
  • How the police came to learn of the old man’s murder

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