Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 28 (20 MCQs)

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1. Were there testimonies about what happened at the scene?

Correct Answer: A) Yes, since there were many people who were near the scene of the events.

2. What word does the Raven repeatedly say?

Correct Answer: C) Nevermore.

3. Throughout the story, the protagonist assures that he has always been very .....

Correct Answer: D) Highly strung.

4. How did Poe Die?

Correct Answer: D) His cause of death is unknown.

5. The narrator's conflict is mostly defined as-

Correct Answer: A) Character v. self.

6. What illness killed Poe's wife

Correct Answer: A) Tuberculosis.

7. The Tell-Tale Heart:Where does the narrator hide the old man's body?

Correct Answer: D) Under the floorboards.

8. The man changes his attitude towards the woman and her pets because of

Correct Answer: C) The alcoholism.

9. What was the primary reason for Poe's fame after his death?

Correct Answer: B) Posthumous adaptations of his work.

10. Which of these figures is a character created by Poe?

Correct Answer: A) C. Auguste Dupin.

11. Ghastly means shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. Avatar

Correct Answer: B) Representative of a person.

13. What is the final fate of the speaker's soul?

Correct Answer: D) It remains trapped in the chamber forever.

14. Which word means "to escape?"

Correct Answer: B) Hide.

15. Small room or monument where person is laid to rest; tomb

Correct Answer: D) Sepulchre.

16. What was the cause of Poe's fame during his lifetime?

Correct Answer: B) His posthumous adaptations of his work.

17. Which sentence from the selection suggests that Poe was a mysterious person?

Correct Answer: C) Many of his best known works are terrifying stories and haunting poetry.

18. How do lines 1-9 of "Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe affect the voice of the poem? (8F)

Correct Answer: A) The author is referring to being a lonely orphan as a child.

19. Who does "he" refer to in this fragment:Pluto had become my favorite and comrade. Only I fed him and he followed me ..... "

Correct Answer: C) To Pluto.

20. The first room is:

Correct Answer: B) The hole.