This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What should the mythological drink nepenthe bring to the lyrical subject? A) Immortality. B) Contact with the deceased. C) New love. D) Oblivion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oblivion. 2. How did the narrator change? A) He became sick and had to be committed to a psychiatric hospital. B) He became selfish and started abusing his wife and his pets. C) He became ill and had to stay in bed. D) He became poor and started fighting with his wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He became selfish and started abusing his wife and his pets. 3. The story of the portrait, told in the last paragraph, answers the narrator's question referred to in the paragraph: A) 3. B) 4. C) 2. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 4. What was the cat's name? A) Saturn. B) Moon. C) Pluto. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pluto. 5. WHAT IS THE CHANGE OF THE PROTAGONIST ATTRIBUTED TO? A) THE BAD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE. B) YOUR DEPRESSION. C) THE ALCOHOLISM. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THE ALCOHOLISM. 6. What will happen to the narrator for his crime? A) Electric chair. B) Life in prison. C) Hanged. D) Head cut off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hanged. 7. Disregard A) Erratically. B) Echo. C) Neglect. D) Gloomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neglect. 8. Delirious A) Extreme mental confusion or excitement. B) The way you feel after a ride at the fair. C) Calm and observant. D) Feeling happy and excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extreme mental confusion or excitement. 9. Which type of writing style is reflected in Poe's short stories? A) It is plain. B) There's not a dominant one. C) Hypotaxis. D) Multi-connector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There's not a dominant one. 10. What ancient Celtic festival is Halloween said to have originated from? A) Samhain. B) Valentine's Day. C) St. Patrick's Day. D) Oktoberfest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samhain. 11. The Raven:As the man continues to think about Lenore he asks the Raven, "Is there no balm in Gilead?" This is an allusion to what verse in the Bible? A) Jeremiah 8:22. B) Jeremiah 22:8. C) Jeremiah 2:28. D) Jeremiah 28:28. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jeremiah 8:22. 12. An angelic being A) Seraph. B) Sepulchre. C) Waned. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seraph. 13. What did the narrator first do to Pluto? A) He cut out its tail. B) He cut out its paw. C) He cut out its ear. D) He cut out its eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He cut out its eye. 14. Which word means "extremely irritated, frustrated, or annoyed?" A) Exasperated. B) Paltry. C) Pertinacious. D) Immolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exasperated. 15. Who is Dupin? A) The investigator in charge of stealing the letter. B) Butler. C) He is the minister. D) The king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The investigator in charge of stealing the letter. 16. How does the House of Usher react to the death of Madeline? A) It becomes brighter and more vibrant. B) It catches fire. C) It is indifferent to her death. D) It collapses into ruins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It collapses into ruins. 17. Agitated A) Moving around frequently. B) Feeling happy and excited. C) Angry. D) Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous. 18. What is the narrator's profession in the story? A) Doctor. B) Detective. C) Writer. D) Scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doctor. 19. What is the main theme in The Black Cat? A) The obsession with something that is out of our reach. B) Moral degradation due to a demon in the form of a cat. C) The consequences of violence. D) Animal abuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral degradation due to a demon in the form of a cat. 20. What emotion does the narrator feel when he sees the mark on the wall? A) Happiness. B) Culpa. C) Euphoria. D) Indifference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Culpa. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEdgar Allan Poe Quiz 1Edgar 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books