Question

Read the passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.

TRUE!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am
mad? The disease had sharpened my senses-not destroyed-not dulled them. Above all was the sense of
hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I
mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily-how calmly I can tell you the whole story.

What does Poe tell us explicitly about his narrator in this passage?

Please choose all that apply.

His sense of hearing is heightened.

He is nervous.

He is a good writer.

He is mentally unstable.

Answer 1

Answer: its b and d got it right

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

His sense of hearing is heightened

He is nervous

Explanation: Poe clearly writes that he is "...nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous...", and "The disease had sharpened my senses...'.

And another added possible answer could be 'He is mentally unstable'! Poe doesn't exactly tell us that he is mentally unstable, but by context clues, we can conclude that he is most definitely unstable. The question asks what he 'explicitly' tells us so it is likely not part of the answer, but please think whether or not you should include this choice in your answer, I hope you choose right!