Question

Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart.”

Answer 1

Answer: B. The arrival of the police officers increases the tension and suspense in the narratives.

In both excerpts, the police officers arrive to investigate a crime. Their arrival indicates a moment of tension, as we know that the narrators are guilty. The narrators proceed to describe the investigation of the police officers. The fact that their description is so detailed, and that they seem to have escaped persecution, increases the suspense. Both the tension and the suspense continue to increase as the reader wonders whether the officers will discover the truth of the crimes.

Answer 2

B. The arrival of the police officers increases the tension and suspense in the narratives.