PATHOLOGY MCQ
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He hears imaginary heartbeats.
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He is so careful to hide everything he does.
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He kills the old man.
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He tries to convince the reader of his sanity.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which detail about the narrator’s personality ironically makes him appear the most psychotic? He hears imaginary heartbeats.
Detailed explanation-2: -The narrator defends his sanity throughout the story-He says that he is nervous, but not mad. He is not insane, but has sharpened senses. He explains how carefully he planned the murder, thereby proving his sanity. He explains how carefully he disposes of the body after the murder.
Detailed explanation-3: -He’s nervous ("very dreadfully nervous"), paranoid, and physically and mentally ill. He doesn’t know the difference between the “real” and the “unreal, ‘’ and seems to be completely alone and friendless in the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -2. The narrator’s strongest sense is his sense of hearing, and it allows him to hear everything that is going on everywhere, including “earth, ‘’ “heaven, ‘’ and especially “hell."