Question

Read the passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart.”
And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it—oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly—very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! would a madman have been so wise as this?
By visualizing the scene the reader can conclude that the narrator is
gleeful.
indifferent.
irritated.
curious.
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Answer 1

The narrator is curious.

Answer 2

Answer:

The narrator is gleeful.

Explanation:

Of all the possible choices, I dare to say the narrator is gleeful. He is exhilarating with joy and pride about his mad ability to sneak his head into the old man’s room to watch him sleep. You might agree if your carefully read the following quotes.

Strong emotions are expressed in the reading’s excerpt in phrases such as ‘oh, so gently!’; and when he talks about the very moment he says ‘oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in’.  

He ends this narration with ‘ha! Would a madman have been so wise as this?’ which seems to express pride about his endeavours.