These questions are about the tell tale heart, by Edgar Allan Poe!. 4. What effect is Poe creating by having the narrator watch the old man sleep for eight days before carrying out his plan?
a. suspense
b. irony
c. establishing motive
d. enthusiastically

5. The narrator's claim of sanity lies in the fact that he can tell his story so
a. quickly
b. slowly
c. calmly
d. enthusiastically

6. What is the mood at the beginning of the story?
a. joy
b. curiosity
c. panic
d. sadness

7.The narrator looked on the old man each night for 6 nights before choosing to kill him.
a. true
b. false

8. On the eighth night, the narrator awakens the old man. What happens next?
a. The narrator immediately carries out his plan
b. The narrator finds himself consoling the old man and gets him back to sleep.
c. The old man sits awake in fear for many hours.
d. none of the above ​

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds. a large portion of the cylinder had been uncovered, though its lower end was still embedded. as soon as ogilvy saw me among the staring crowd on the edge of the pit he called to me to come down, and asked me if i would mind going over to see lord hilton, the lord of the manor. the growing crowd, he said, was becoming a serious impediment to their excavations, especially the boys. which context clues effectively indicate the meaning of the word excavations as it is used in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)edge of the pitamong the staring crowdhad been uncoveredwas still embedded

Read the excerpt from “strychnine in the soup,” in which mr. mulliner explains the ending of a mystery novel to a bar patron who is anxious to know the conclusion of the story. “the plumber forgot his snake and had to go back for it,” explained mr. mulliner. ‘‘i trust that this revelation will prove sedative.” “i feel a new man,” said the draught stout. “i’d have lain awake worrying about that murder all night.” explain how a student who did not know the meaning of sedative could infer its definition?