PATHOLOGY MCQ
HEART
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Question
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The narrator himself has groaned in terror in the night.
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The old man often groans.
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The old man’s groan sounds like the wind blowing, a sound the narrator often hears.
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The old man often has disturbing dreams
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why does the sound of the old man’s groan in the middle of the night sound familiar to the narrator? The narrator himself has groaned in terror in the night. Why do the officers stay after they search the house and find nothing suspicious?
Detailed explanation-2: -The narrator hears the old man’s heart beating, which only gets louder and louder. This increases the narrator’s anxiety to the point where they decide to strike.
Detailed explanation-3: -“It is the beating of his hideous heart!” (1) Many readers of The Tell-Tale Heart feel inclined to hypothesize that this noise heard by the narrator, who claims to hear the beating heart of the old man he murders, is simply his own heart, and that he misinterprets the sound because of his insanity.