This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Tell-Tale Heart:What does the heartbeat symbolize throughout the short story? A) The old man's heartbeat. B) The man's acute hearing. C) The man's guilt. D) The man's erratic behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The man's guilt. 2. The Raven:As the Raven lands on the bust, what symbolism does it reveal to the reader? A) Hope rules over loss. B) Joy rules over grief. C) Logical rules over illogical. D) Illogical rules over logical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illogical rules over logical. 3. The narrator's feelings for Annabel Lee can best be described as A) Immature. B) Fleeting. C) Lessening. D) Eternal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eternal. 4. The tale The oval portrait tells the story A) Of successful romantic love. B) Of a museum haunted by ghosts. C) Of a cursed camera. D) A girl posing for a painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A girl posing for a painting. 5. What did the animal have in common with Pluto? A) It was all black. B) It was very big. C) It was very small. D) It only had one eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It only had one eye. 6. Express in speech A) Hesitate. B) Utter. C) Engage. D) Tempest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Utter. 7. The protagonist feels a certain degree of guilt and is impulsive. In which of the two texts is it: A) Tell tale heart. B) The black cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The black cat. 8. Annabel Lee:In this poem, who is jealous of the narrator and Annabel Lee's love? A) The king. B) Her family. C) Greek gods. D) Seraphs (angels). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seraphs (angels). 9. Who became Edgar Allan Poe's guardian? A) Elizabeth Poe. B) David Poe. C) John Allen. D) Maria Clem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Allen. 10. In which of the stories does indirect narration predominate? A) The Tell-Tale Heart. B) William Wilson. C) The Fall of the House of Usher. D) The stolen letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The stolen letter. 11. EDGAR ALLAN POE was a ..... / A) Mechanic. B) Baker. C) Writer. D) Biologist. E) This person does not exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writer. 12. Poe's death was seen as odd for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) There is little evidence at all. B) He was wearing someone else's clothes. C) He was found on the streets of Baltimore. D) He had gotten a tattoo of a lightning bolt on his forehead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had gotten a tattoo of a lightning bolt on his forehead. 13. POS:sage A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 14. What made you change your character and your treatment of others? A) Heartbreak and superstitions. B) Unemployment and its immaturity. C) Alcoholism and its psychological problems. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alcoholism and its psychological problems. 15. Quality of wisdom; intelligence A) Macabre. B) Perish. C) Sagacity. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 16. "Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride, in the sepulcher there by the sea" A) The Cask of Amontillado. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) Annabel Lee. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annabel Lee. 17. Where did the narrator hide his wife's body? A) In the basement. B) In the back garden. C) In the attic. D) Under the kitchen floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the basement. 18. The author uses personification in stanza 4 to: A) Minimize the way Annabel Lee died. B) Attribute the death of Annabel Lee to forces beyond his control. C) Portray the terrible way in which Annabel Lee died. D) Gain sympathy from the reader about how Annabel Lee died. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attribute the death of Annabel Lee to forces beyond his control. 19. What did the portrait in the room depict? A) A landscape. B) A still life. C) A young girl. D) A self-portrait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A young girl. 20. Under what pseudonym did Poe initially write? A) Eiros. B) Berenice. C) Eleonora. D) Bostonian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bostonian. ← 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