Question
A Richard Wilbur essay connects this story to its author's sonnet about a bird "whose wings are dull realities." A man in this story thinks one event is "wind in the chimney," "a mouse crossing the floor," or "a cricket which has made a single chirp." This story's narrator says "Object there was none. Passion there was none" and says "how cunningly" he slowly (*) opens a door and peeks his head through. After three police officers arrive at his house, this story's narrator hears the sound of a watch "enveloped in cotton." A man in this story fears a pale blue "vulture eye." For 10 points, name this short story by Edgar Allan Poe, whose narrator kills an old man and buries the title body part under the floor. ■END■
ANSWER: "The Tell-Tale Heart" (The Wilbur essay connects the "vulture eye" to the vulture in "Sonnet - To Science.")
<Literature - American Literature - Short Fiction>
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Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 12 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 69.83 |