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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”

Question 2 • TX-College Prep English A

How can a reader tell that the passage’s narrator is unreliable?

Answer
A
The narrator claims that he is very intelligent, but he is clearly very young and naive.
B
The narrator insists that he can speak calmly, but his manner of speaking suggests that he is not at all calm.
C
The narrator says that he is a good listener, but he refuses to listen to anyone else’s version of the story.