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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” — Quiz

Question 8 • Literature and Composition IV

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

Answer
A
provide a calm perspective.
B
relate a powerful love story.
C
give the story a happy ending.
D
explore human psychology.

Explanation

The narrator’s nervous, unreliable account lets Poe show how fear, guilt, and obsession affect a person’s mind. As the narrator becomes increasingly agitated and eventually confesses, the story explores human psychology rather than offering a calm perspective, a love story, or a happy ending. The correct choice is D, explore human psychology.

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