This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 36 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who did Edgar Allan poe marry? A) Queen Elizabeth. B) Princess Diana. C) Virginia poe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virginia poe. 2. What information does the author not explain in William Wilson's story? A) Why didn't others notice the similarity between the two?. B) What does the death of the second William Wilson symbolize?. C) Why did the first William Wilson kill the second?. D) Why did the second William Wilson appear at certain times?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why didn't others notice the similarity between the two?. 3. What technique did Poe use to engage readers as active participants in his stories? A) Unreliable narrators. B) Supernatural elements. C) Violent confrontations. D) Clear moral messages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unreliable narrators. 4. Come, let the burial rite by read/ The funeral song by sung/ An anthem for the queenliest dead/ That ever died so young A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Emo lyrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 5. An unknown illness attacks Berenice's health and she deteriorates little by little, until the only part of her body that seems to remain alive are her beautiful teeth. In the previous fragment we can deduce that Berenice: A) I was on the verge of death. B) It reflected beautiful teeth. C) He looked healthy. D) A and B are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B are correct. 6. "From childhood's hour I have not been/ As others were ..... " (lines 1-2) A) Refer to being an orphan by 3. B) Refers to being separated from his brother and sister. C) Refers to how he walks with a limp. D) Refers to his bad haircut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refer to being an orphan by 3. 7. The first book published by Edgar Allan Poe was in 1827 and he did it anonymously, which has the name: A) Tamerlane and other poems. B) The storm and other poems. C) Abandonment and other poems. D) Expulsion and other poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tamerlane and other poems. 8. Poe's most well known detective character is ..... A) Sherlock Holmes. B) Auguste Dupin. C) Hercule Poirot. D) Thomas Magnum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auguste Dupin. 9. How old was Poe when he died? A) 40. B) 27. C) 35. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 40. 10. Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house? A) The door frame. B) The mantle above the fireplace. C) A bust of Pallas. D) On the bookcase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A bust of Pallas. 11. What does the word 'pestilence' mean? A) A decree that prohibits something. B) Skillful in statecraft or management. C) Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. D) Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. 12. Read this famous quote by Maya Angelou:"If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.In this quote, how is you can be. correctly written? A) You can be" . B) You can be.". C) You can be". D) As it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You can be.". 13. In stanza 14, what does the narrator call the raven? A) Liar. B) Wretch. C) Beast. D) Unholy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wretch. 14. What term matches this definition? To think out or plan (an action, especially a crime) beforehand A) Premeditate. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Impulsive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Premeditate. 15. It was in the white room where stood the prince, with a group of pale courtiers by his side. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. What is night-tide? A) Relatives. B) Clouds forming at night. C) An old fashionedway of saying nighttime. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An old fashionedway of saying nighttime. 17. What was changed about the old man after his experience? A) His hair was pure white. B) He could see the future. C) He lost his vision. D) He lost a leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His hair was pure white. 18. Why didn't he want the new cat? A) For stinky. B) Why did he meow a lot?. C) Why was I afraid of him?. D) Because I had fleas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why was I afraid of him?. 19. How does the Narrator in "The Raven" react when he first sees the raven? A) Curious. B) Angry. C) Scared. D) Uninterested. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curious. 20. Ligeia ..... What events happen that night when he was watching over the inert body of the new wife? A) The corpse's cheeks turn a slight reddish color. B) He hears a soft sigh come from the inert body. C) The corpse begins to move trying to free itself from its shroud, revealing its black hair. D) The narrator discovers that that figure and those eyes that look at him belong to his dead wife Ligeia. E) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All are correct. ← 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