This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the emotional state of the protagonist at the beginning of the story? A) The emotional state of the protagonist at the beginning of the story is sadness and hopelessness. B) Happiness and enthusiasm. C) Fear and anxiety. D) Calm and tranquility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The emotional state of the protagonist at the beginning of the story is sadness and hopelessness. 2. What is the denotation (definition) for the term "Black Cat?" A) A cat and/or feline with fur that is black. B) A cat that will give you bad luck because of superstitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cat and/or feline with fur that is black. 3. One of these quotes from Edgar Allan Poe A) "Everything we see or seem to be is nothing more than a dream within a dream.". B) "It is in the nature of women to despise those who love them and to love those who hate them.". C) "An eye for an eye and the world will end up blind.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "It is in the nature of women to despise those who love them and to love those who hate them.". 4. "Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies" Where can we find the name? A) On the back of the poem. B) Within the lines of this poem. C) In the last two lines of the poem. D) In the first two lines of the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Within the lines of this poem. 5. "For her this rhyme ..... twins of Leda" Poe wants to emphasize A) The woman's gorgeousness. B) The woman's personality. C) The woman's love. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The woman's gorgeousness. 6. Poets use sound devices to ..... A) Entertain. B) To evoke emotion. C) To be musical. D) To win the critics approval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To evoke emotion. 7. What is the definition of motif? A) A story that reveals a hidden meaning. B) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words. C) An emphasized or recurring concept in a piece of writing. D) Language and description that appeals to the five senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An emphasized or recurring concept in a piece of writing. 8. Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand A) Bleak. B) Stern. C) Ungainly. D) Scarce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scarce. 9. "Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted-On this home by Horror haunted-tell me truly, I implore-Is there-is there balm in Gilead?-tell me-tell me, I implore!" A) The Cask of Amontillado. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) Annabel Lee. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Raven. 10. Solace A) Peace, comfort. B) Dramatic. C) Fanatical. D) Insane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peace, comfort. 11. In the poem "A Dream, " the speaker describes experiencing a sense of joy ..... A) During the day. B) During the night. C) Both day and night. D) Neither day nor night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the day. 12. Where was Poe born? A) Richmond, VA. B) Baltimore, MD. C) Boston, MA. D) New England, MA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boston, MA. 13. What did the man in the BLACK CAT do? A) Ride his bike. B) Go swimming. C) Throw an apple at his wife. D) Hung his cat with a rope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hung his cat with a rope. 14. All poems must rhyme. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which university did Edgar Allen Poe attend? A) Yale. B) Harvard. C) University of Virginia. D) Virginia Commonwealth University. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) University of Virginia. 16. What university do I enter? A) University of Virginia. B) To the nacho. C) To a boarding school in England. D) To an academy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) University of Virginia. 17. Is he married to his own cousin Virginia? A) YES. B) NO. C) MAYBE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 18. What happened when he hit hard the wall where the body was hidden? A) The wall fell. B) His wife started screaming and asking for help. C) A moan, muffled and broken, like that of a child. D) The silhouette of a cat appeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A moan, muffled and broken, like that of a child. 19. Demons A) Evil spirits. B) Good spirits. C) Terrible nightmares. D) Separate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evil spirits. 20. What shape did the animal have on its chest? A) A cross. B) A white line around its neck. C) A hangman's noose. D) A moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A hangman's noose. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEdgar Allan Poe Quiz 1Edgar 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