Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 38 (20 MCQs)

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1. In what year did Edgar Allan Poe die?

Correct Answer: D) 1849.

2. Which title tells most about the story?

Correct Answer: C) The Sad Life and Death of Toby.

3. Poe was fired as a magazine editor for .....

Correct Answer: C) Drinking at work.

4. Ligeia ..... When the new wife drinks the glass of wine, what does the narrator observe falling into it?

Correct Answer: B) A few drops of ruby colored liquid.

5. And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

Correct Answer: B) Personification.

6. Strange

Correct Answer: C) Bizarre.

7. Was he adopted by a nice family?

Correct Answer: B) Yes, he was.

8. The crow is a poem

Correct Answer: C) Narrative.

9. What is the unity of effect that Poe aimed to achieve in his stories?

Correct Answer: C) An intense and singular experience.

10. As brave as a .....

Correct Answer: B) Lion.

11. In The Ball of the Red Death, the narrator is

Correct Answer: C) Omniscient observed narrator.

12. The chef demonstrated some ..... cooking techniques for the beginners.

Correct Answer: B) Elementary.

13. Why does the narrator want to kill the man?

Correct Answer: B) The old man's eye bothers him.

14. " "And all I loved-I loved alone"

Correct Answer: B) EDGAR ALLAN POE.

15. "Calling out across the line / All the voices in my mind"

Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN.

16. Which detail would be most important to include in a summary of the article?

Correct Answer: B) Poe was known for criticizing other writers' work in his magazine.

17. In the fragment, the word "angry" is used to mean:I did not pursue any purpose. Nor was he angry.

Correct Answer: B) Driven by anger.

18. Emulate

Correct Answer: A) Following in footsteps.

19. Which word means "irreversible or something that cannot be changed?"

Correct Answer: D) Irrevocable.

20. What are carved pumpkins called?

Correct Answer: A) Jack-o'-lanterns.