9. PART A: In the story, what causes the conflict between the narrator and the old man?
A. The narrator and the old man resent having to live together because of the narrator's disease, and so the narrator
decides to murder the old man.
B. The narrator is driven mad by the sound of a heart beating beneath the floorboards, and this causes him to kill the old
C. The narrator watches the old man sleep, and when the terrified old man discovers this, the narrator kills him to keep
his madness hidden
D. The narrator is terrified of the old man's blue eye and overwhelmed by the sound of his heartbeat, so the narrator
kills the old man.
man.