This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 26 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of the word 'tenacious'? A) A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. B) The visual percept of a region. C) The quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength. D) Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely. 2. The doctor examined the patient's ..... to make sure there was no internal bleeding. A) Influence. B) Authority. C) Bruise. D) Tart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bruise. 3. In stanza 2, what month does the narrator recall the events of this poem took place? A) October. B) February. C) January. D) December. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) December. 4. How did the narrator feel about the new cat? A) He was indifferent. B) He loved the cat. C) He was afraid. D) He disliked the cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He disliked the cat. 5. In "The Pit and the Pendulum", what did the narrator do with the stone? A) He dropped it down a hole. B) He threw it at the judges. C) He used to dig a tunnel. D) He smashed his own fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He dropped it down a hole. 6. The gold beetle:what color was the beetle? A) Dorado. B) Rojo. C) Cafe. D) Negro. E) Rosado. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dorado. 7. True or False? Poe went to live with John Allan, a successful businessman, in Richmond, Virginia after his mother died A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. The atmosphere of feeling created by a writer for a reader. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Setting. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 9. When is Edgar Allan Poe's birthday? A) October 9, 1888. B) January 19, 1809. C) June 3, 1909. D) October 19, 1908. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) January 19, 1809. 10. The protagonist had married very young A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 11. What action does the narrator take in stanza 4? A) He opens the door. B) He cries. C) He opens the window. D) He prays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He opens the door. 12. The protagonist murders his wife with ..... The terrible event occurred in ..... A) An ax / the basement. B) A sickle / the attic. C) A knife/ the basement. D) An ax / a cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An ax / the basement. 13. Indicate which was the last poem published by Allan Poe before his death: A) Al Aaraaf. B) Annabel Lee. C) The Raven. D) And Helena. E) Berenice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annabel Lee. 14. Who do you think the skeletons found next to the treasure could belong to? A) To the former owners of the treasure. B) To Legrand's ancestors. C) To the pirate Kidd himself and his beloved. D) To two assistants of the pirate Kidd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To two assistants of the pirate Kidd. 15. Which of these is seen as Poe's most famous work? A) The Notebook. B) The Ring. C) The Raven. D) The Waterboy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Raven. 16. The narrator of the text reacts to the painting, except: A) Shyly. B) Wildly. C) Intrigued. D) Insanely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shyly. 17. Gothic fantasy is characterized by: A) Combine tragedy and obscurantism. B) Combine drama and reality. C) Combine mystery and terror. D) Combine horror and romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Combine horror and romanticism. 18. The character of Auguste Dupin is based on Sherlock Holmes A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falso. 19. Which of these is a quote from Edgar Allan Poe? A) The four conditions for happiness:the love of a woman, life in the open air, the absence of all ambition and the creation of a new beauty. B) If you live, let live and if you die, leave alone. C) He had no sentences, he took out random words from his mind and the only thing he said was a lot of incoherence and nonsense. D) Edgar Allan Poe does not exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The four conditions for happiness:the love of a woman, life in the open air, the absence of all ambition and the creation of a new beauty. 20. His biological father name was A) Foster. B) John. C) David. D) Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David. ← 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