Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Terror · Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart to Amontillado Quiz

The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat (1843), The Premature Burial (1844), M. Valdemar (1845) and The Cask of Amontillado (1846).

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Q1 of 10
Why does the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" kill the old man?
Q2 of 10
Where does the narrator hide the body?
Q3 of 10
What does he finally shriek to the police?
Q4 of 10
What was the name of the first black cat?
Q5 of 10
What gives the narrator of "The Black Cat" away?
Q6 of 10
What is the narrator of "The Premature Burial" most afraid of?
Q7 of 10
Where does he wake, sure he has been buried?
Q8 of 10
What is done to M. Valdemar at the moment of his death?
Q9 of 10
How does Montresor lure Fortunato into the catacombs?
Q10 of 10
How does Montresor end his story?