This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Legrand dream about according to Jupiter? A) With the beetle. B) With a girl from New Orleans. C) With the gold. D) With returning to his family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With the gold. 2. Which word means "something very noticeable or something that stands out?" A) Sagacious. B) Conspicuous. C) Paltry. D) Felicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conspicuous. 3. Alfred Hitchcock learned from Poe that fear A) Is a huge money maker. B) Is nothing compared to a beautiful woman. C) Is the most poetic theme. D) Is enjoyed when people know they are safe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is enjoyed when people know they are safe. 4. The recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line. A) Repetition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 5. The protagonist claims that he is crazy A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falso. 6. What peculiarity of the old man infuriated the protagonist of The Tell-Tale Heart? A) His bad mood. B) Her illness. C) His scar. D) His eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His eye. 7. Which word means "an evil fame or bad reputation" ? A) Atrocity. B) Subside. C) Infamy. D) Apparition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infamy. 8. To invent or think out A) Devise. B) Succinctly. C) Remorse. D) Generate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devise. 9. How many nights did the protagonist enter the old man's room and at what time? A) 8 nights, 11 pm. B) 6 nights, 12 am. C) 9 nights, 10 pm. D) 7 nights, 12 am. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7 nights, 12 am. 10. Who did Poe marry when he was 26 years old? A) Sarah Helen Whitman. B) Margaret Atwood. C) Virginia Clemm. D) Cecilia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virginia Clemm. 11. They are characteristics of Poe's work: A) Your analytical power. B) Mystery atmosphere. C) Love theme. D) Obsessive characters. E) A, B y D. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A, B y D. 12. Indicate true or false the following statement about The Oblong Box:Inside the box there are very expensive paintings. A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falso. 13. Where did Edgar Allan Poe move to launch a new magazine? A) Boston. B) New York City. C) Philadelphia. D) Richmond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New York City. 14. What did the protagonist do to the cat? A) Gave him up for adoption. B) He abandoned him in the forest. C) I kill him. D) He took them to the vet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I kill him. 15. "For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams ..... "What is the narrator's tone in this line? A) Melancholy. B) Nostalgic. C) Knowing. D) Flippant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melancholy. 16. Bonus:What NFL football team is named after one of Poe's literary works? A) New York Yankees. B) Atlanta Falcons. C) Birmingham Bloodhounds. D) Baltimore Ravens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baltimore Ravens. 17. The literary genres that framed the writing of the author Edgar Allan Poe are: A) Terror, drama and mystery. B) Gothic fiction, Horror and detective fiction. C) Romance, intrigue and crime novel. D) Fiction, suspense, tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gothic fiction, Horror and detective fiction. 18. Why does Dupin "stop fighting for life" and for the restoration of his fortune? A) Due to a traffic accident that marked and destroyed his life. B) Thanks to his naivety and inability to analyze. C) Due to a series of unfortunate events and finding themselves in extreme poverty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to a series of unfortunate events and finding themselves in extreme poverty. 19. What was the man's second violent act against his cat? A) He hanged him. B) Poisoned him. C) He stabbed him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hanged him. 20. What type of narrator is used in 'The Well and the Pendulum'? A) The type of narrator used in 'The Pit and the Pendulum' is a first-person narrator. B) A second person narrator. C) An omniscient narrator. D) A limited third-person narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The type of narrator used in 'The Pit and the Pendulum' is a first-person narrator. Next →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEdgar Allan Poe Quiz 2Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 3Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 4Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 5Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 6Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 7Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 8Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 9Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books