PATHOLOGY MCQ
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What is it about the old man that scares and angers the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
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his clouded blue eye
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his old house
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his children
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his pet snake
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What sound drives the narrator to confess to the crime? The sound of the old man’s heartbeat kept beating and it was driving him crazy.
Detailed explanation-2: -His over-sensitivity becomes in this story the ultimate cause of his obsession with the old man’s eye, which in turn causes him to murder the old man. Ironically, the narrator offers as proof of his sanity the calmness with which he can narrate the story.
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