This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. POS:prodigious A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 2. How did the main character's wife die? A) Heart attack. B) With an ax blow. C) From a bullet. D) Natural death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With an ax blow. 3. What does the word 'mercurial' mean? A) A break or intermission in the occurrence of something. B) Lacking spontaneity; not natural. C) Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind. D) Spread or diffuse through. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind. 4. What did the painter's wife think of his art? A) She loved it. B) She hated it. C) She was indifferent. D) She was jealous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was jealous. 5. The country at that time had economic growth ..... A) Enlarged. B) Null. C) Without changes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enlarged. 6. Why was the lamplight gloating? A) Lenore would never sit in the chair again. B) The narrator would be lonely forever. C) The raven would never leave. D) The room was becoming dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lenore would never sit in the chair again. 7. What was the name of the essay Poe wrote about "The Raven" ? A) "The Philosophy of Composition". B) "A New Day". C) "In the Mind of a Madman". D) "The Critical Process". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Philosophy of Composition". 8. The chef worked in a ..... to prepare the meal for the large dinner party. A) Wound. B) Refuge. C) Fanciful. D) Frenzy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frenzy. 9. "It was a low, dull, quick sound-much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." A) The Cask of Amontillado. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) Annabel Lee. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Tell-Tale Heart. 10. What is the theme of 'The Raven' by Poe? A) Love and grief. B) Fear and horror. C) Satire and social trends. D) Adventure and exploration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love and grief. 11. What picture could the narrator see? A) A picture of his wife. B) A picture of Death. C) A picture of the jailor. D) A picture of Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A picture of Time. 12. The teacher's tone turned ..... when the students continued to talk during the class. A) Sour. B) Stir. C) Wound. D) Basic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sour. 13. Misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods A) Beguiling. B) Enchanted. C) Implore. D) Stern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beguiling. 14. The side bar entitled The Woes of Poe are included most likely to ..... A) Suggest that Poe faced many hardships in his life. B) Encourage the reader to buy a book of poems by Poe. C) Show that Poe's childhood was filled with despair. D) Suggest that Poe overcame all of the obstacles in his life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suggest that Poe faced many hardships in his life. 15. "Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed!-tear up the planks!-here, here!-it is the beating of his hideous heart!" A) The Cask of Amontillado. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) Annabel Lee. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Tell-Tale Heart. 16. Two words that have the same ending sound are called ..... A) Rhythm words. B) Repetitive words. C) Rhyming words. D) Stanza words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyming words. 17. Who is the author of the black cat? A) Edgar Allan Poem. B) Edgar Antonio Poe. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Edgar Allan Prado. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edgar Allan Poe. 18. IS THE MASK OF THE RED DEATH THE ..... ? A) LIFE. B) DEATH. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DEATH. 19. What does the word nevermore represent in "The Raven?" A) Paradise. B) A refrain. C) Alliteration. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A refrain. 20. What term matches the definition? A ..... act done with full awareness of the likely consequences A) Calculated. B) Denotation. C) Impulsive. D) Defense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calculated. ← 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