This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 39 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How did the faculty at the University of Virginia discipline students? A) Severely, punishing students for drunkenness and gambling. B) Leniently, allowing students to engage in any behavior. C) By expelling students for minor infractions. D) By ignoring student misconduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Severely, punishing students for drunkenness and gambling. 2. Define dissever A) To separate. B) Unmarried young girl. C) To be jealous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To separate. 3. True or False:Edgar Allan Poe purposely writes in vocabulary that creates a negative connotation (feeling) for his audience. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. John Allan and Edgar had a strong relationship throughout his life A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. "For that bright hope at last / And that light time have past" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. 6. Word choice, punctuation, structure A) Mood. B) Setting. C) Tone. D) Point-of-view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 7. Encounter A) A brief or unexpected meeting. B) To count your blessings. C) To visit with a family member. D) To collide with an object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A brief or unexpected meeting. 8. What was Edgar Allan Poe's Cause of death? A) Tuberculosis. B) Covid 19. C) Alcoholism. D) No one really knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No one really knows. 9. What happened to the cat after his wife was murdered? A) Attacked him. B) It got lost. C) He killed him too. D) He continued in the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It got lost. 10. To stare A) Awakening. B) Neglecting. C) Harsh. D) Gazed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gazed. 11. He was NEVER an athlete, he is very WEAK A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 12. Genre that places emphasis on intense emotion, fear, terror and death A) Realistic Fiction. B) Romance. C) Gothic Literature. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gothic Literature. 13. In 1827 he published his first book which was a book of ..... A) Short stories. B) Poems. C) Essays. D) Documentaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poems. 14. Imagine Jackson, Ethan, and Kai are in a Spanish class. They come across the word 'estatal' in the fourth stanza of a poem they are studying. Can you help them figure out what 'estatal' means? A) Neglected. B) Dignified. C) Funny. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dignified. 15. Which character lost the card? A) Dolphin. B) A strange royal lady. C) Minister D. D) Prefect G. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A strange royal lady. 16. What was Edgar Allan Poe's occupation before his death? A) Critic. B) Soldier. C) Poet. D) Journalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Critic. 17. What is the narrator pondering over? A) Books. B) Unknown sorrows. C) Lenore. D) Forgotten lore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgotten lore. 18. The story is told in A) Third person. B) In first person. C) In second person. D) By an external narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In first person. 19. What is the narrator of the poem doing when the poem starts? A) Napping. B) Eating. C) Playing chess. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Napping. 20. Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by representing society in his works through symbolism in his characters and in the settings in which his stories take place. In the story "The Black Cat" we can see the following symbols: A) The cat, body position and the moon. B) The moon, Pluto and Saturn. C) The basement, the cat with a white chest and the burning house. D) The burned house, the moon and the cat with a red spot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The basement, the cat with a white chest and the burning house. ← 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