Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart.”If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.
Answer
A
he is very intelligent but not highly educated.
B
he is very naive and inexperienced.
C
he wants to be caught for the crime he has just committed.
D
he claims to be rational while committing an irrational act.
Explanation
The narrator says his precautions show that he is not mad, but the calm way he describes murdering and dismembering a person makes his reasoning seem deeply irrational. This contrast shows that he claims to be rational while committing an irrational act, which is choice D.
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