Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 33 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountain side / Desolation comes upon the sky"

Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN.

2. Why does the character want to kill the old man who had only one eye?

Correct Answer: B) Because his vulture eye made him extremely nervous.

3. "Through my silent screams / Things aren't what they seem"

Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN.

4. DONE AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT THINKING

Correct Answer: D) INSTINCTIVELY.

5. What genre did Edgar Allan Poe help create?

Correct Answer: B) All of the above.

6. What did Poe turn the reader into active participants in a story?

Correct Answer: A) Unreliable narrator (1st Person Point of View).

7. "Another tear, another cry / Another place for us to die"

Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN.

8. "And every day that Satan tempts me, I try to take it in my stride"

Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN.

9. What did the man hurt his cat with?

Correct Answer: C) With a penknife.

10. All in all, one thing that we can learn from the biography about Edgar Allan Poe is that he was

Correct Answer: C) Very odd and unique.

11. Bonus #2:Who did Edgar Allan Poe marry when he was 27?

Correct Answer: C) His 13 year old cousin.

12. The protagonist hides the body of his wife

Correct Answer: D) Walling her up.

13. What does the narrator hope to find in his books to ease his sorrow?

Correct Answer: B) A way to forget Lenore.

14. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven, " what is the last question the speaker asks the bird?

Correct Answer: C) He asks if he will ever see his love again.

15. Why does the narrator become mad at the Raven toward the end of the poem?

Correct Answer: C) The Raven's answer means there is no hope for his future getting better.

16. In a forceful, passionate or intense manner

Correct Answer: A) Vehemently.

17. What relationship does the title have with the narrative?

Correct Answer: D) The sound of the heart in the protagonist's imagination made him confess the crime.

18. The Cask of Amontillado:Why does Montresor want revenge on Fortunato?

Correct Answer: B) Fortunato insulted him.

19. The well and the pendulum:What is the protagonist's name?

Correct Answer: D) None of the above.

20. Edgar Allan Poe struggled with alcoholism

Correct Answer: A) True.