This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Present or experienced to a severe or intense degree A) Acute. B) Vex. C) Contemplation. D) Surcease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acute. 2. How did the narrator feel about PLUTO, who initially refrained from mistreating him? A) Pity. B) Amor. C) I respect. D) Empathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I respect. 3. In "The Raven, " where does the raven perch when he comes into the house? A) On top of a lamp. B) The mantle above the fireplace. C) A bust of Pallas above the chamber door. D) On the bookcase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A bust of Pallas above the chamber door. 4. Which of the following stories DOES NOT HAVE an ab ovo temporal structure? A) The Tell-Tale Heart. B) The black cat. C) The Fall of the House of Usher. D) The stolen letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The black cat. 5. All of these are Gothic traits in this story EXCEPT A) Gloomy, decaying setting. B) Intense emotions. C) Heroes that save the day. D) A damsel is in distress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heroes that save the day. 6. What literary genre does the work 'The Well and the Pendulum' fall into? A) The work falls within the genre of lyric poetry. B) The work 'The Well and the Pendulum' falls within the literary genre of horror or suspense. C) The work is framed in the science fiction genre. D) The work falls within the romantic comedy genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The work 'The Well and the Pendulum' falls within the literary genre of horror or suspense. 7. POS:avatar A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 8. When he died, was was marked on his stone? A) Edgar. B) 80. C) Poe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 80. 9. What technique did Poe use to engage readers in his stories? A) Unreliable narrators. B) Detailed descriptions. C) Flashback sequences. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unreliable narrators. 10. " ..... stronger than anyone I know / She shares my dreams" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN. 11. Which genre did Poe invent? A) Horror. B) Sci-fi. C) Detective. D) Adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detective. 12. The following sentence contains what type of figurative language? All the world's a stage. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. "And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting/ On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door" (103-4)The author includes these lines mainly to help the reader understand that- A) The Raven has been there a short time. B) The Raven has become the narrator's friend. C) The Raven is annoying. D) The Raven has become like a statue himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Raven has become like a statue himself. 14. What caused the narrator to change? A) He started doing sports. B) He started eating a lot. C) He started drinking. D) He started a new family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He started drinking. 15. "While I nodded, nearly napping ..... " is an example of which sound device A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 16. What did the young man do with the old man's body? A) He wrapped it in the mattress and hid it in the closet. B) He dismembered it and left it under the boards (floor). C) He took it to the garden of his immense house, put it underground. D) He dismembered it and hid it in the basement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He dismembered it and left it under the boards (floor). 17. Your alcohol addiction has worsened A) Due to unemployment. B) Due to the death of his children. C) Due to the death of his wife. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to the death of his wife. 18. Gotten A) Incurred. B) Enlisted. C) Orphaned. D) Honed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incurred. 19. To be sorry A) Macabre. B) Remorse. C) Fiend. D) Docile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remorse. 20. " ..... an arm caught mine as I began to fall, fainting, into the ..... " A) Pendulum. B) Razor. C) Pit. D) Scythe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pit. ← 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