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But for many minutes the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. This victim is killed because of_____________?
Correct answer: B. His clouded eye
- A. A letter
- B. His clouded eye
- C. His pact with the devil
- D. His loud heart beat
Explanation
In Poe's “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the narrator murders the old man because of his pale, clouded, vulture-like eye, which he regards as evil. The beating heart is imagined after the murder and is not the motive.
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