This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which magazine did Poe work for as an editor? A) Graham's Magazine. B) Broadway Journal. C) Evening Mirror. D) Philadelphia newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graham's Magazine. 2. Which of the following works by Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the most famous? A) The fall of the House of Usher. B) The Gold Bug. C) The barrel of amontillado. D) The crimes of morgue Street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The barrel of amontillado. 3. The narrator of this story is an unnamed murderer, who tries to convince the reader that he is not crazy and should not be held responsible for the crimes of which he is accused. A) The black cat. B) Tell tale heart. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The black cat. 4. The well and the pendulum ..... When the protagonist was lying down and tied up, what food did they put on his plate? A) A very salty piece of meat. B) A quarry with water that tasted strange. C) A piece of hard, tasteless bread. D) A very old corn cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A very salty piece of meat. 5. Poe got married when he was 27. How old was his new bride? A) 18. B) 27. C) 13. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13. 6. What happened to the protagonist the day he killed the cat? A) Won the lottery. B) He was fired from his job. C) His wife left him. D) His house caught fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His house caught fire. 7. Why was it a "terrible thing" for the young lady to hear that her husband wanted to paint her portrait? A) Because it would be very boring to sit and pose for him. B) Because he gets in a very bad mood when he paints. C) Because she felt that her husband loved art more than her. D) Because she didn't consider herself beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because she felt that her husband loved art more than her. 8. POS:trepidation A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 9. "And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea-In her tomb by the sounding sea." A) The Cask of Amontillado. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) Annabel Lee. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annabel Lee. 10. What was Poe's nickname? A) The Raven. B) Eddie. C) Allan. D) Spooky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Raven. 11. How does he kill his cat? A) He burns it. B) He embeds it in the wall. C) He hangs him. D) He cooks it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He hangs him. 12. The protagonist A) He became alcoholic and aggressive. B) He became a thief. C) I leave work. D) He became an arsonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He became alcoholic and aggressive. 13. What was William Legrand's personality like? A) He was polite, but not very sociable and had a changeable mood. B) He was very rude, moody and violent. C) He was cheerful, jovial and always in a good mood. D) He was melancholic and very in love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was polite, but not very sociable and had a changeable mood. 14. Poe was considered the father of what genre? A) Detective Fiction. B) Horror Romance. C) Mystery Fiction. D) Horror Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detective Fiction. 15. They are stories by Edgar Allan Poe: A) The Mask of the Red Death and Matilda. B) The well and the pendulum, the black cat. C) The black cat and War and peace. D) The pit and the pendulum, the mask of green death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The well and the pendulum, the black cat. 16. WHERE DID THE PROTAGONIST FIND HIS SECOND CAT? A) EN UNA TABERNA. B) IN A BAR. C) ON THE STREET. D) OUTSIDE HER HOUSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IN A BAR. 17. Who took Edgar Allan Poe in as a foster child? A) Dr. John Moran. B) Dr. Joseph Snodgrass. C) Joseph Walker. D) John and Francis Allen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John and Francis Allen. 18. What is the meaning of the word 'placid'? 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) Not easily upset or excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not easily upset or excited. 19. Where did he find the new cat after killing Pluto? A) In a bakery. B) In a tavern. C) In a bar. D) In a drum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a tavern. 20. The golden bug:what did they find at the end of the story? A) A juice. B) A board game. C) A treasure. D) A salmon. 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