This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 47 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happened to the character's character after the arrival of Pluto? A) Day by day he became more irritable and indifferent to feelings. B) He became violent with his wife. C) He became distracted and sensitive. D) Answers 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He became violent with his wife. 2. Birthplace of Poe: A) Mexico. B) Canada. C) USA. D) Madrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) USA. 3. "Your soul could never grow old, it's evergreen" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN. 4. James, Evelyn, and Avery are having a debate about a poem they read in class. They are stuck on the meaning of the word 'entreating' in the second stanza. Can you help them out? A) Pleading for. B) Ignoring. C) Singing. D) Dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pleading for. 5. What did Griswold do AFTER Poe's death to make Poe look bad? A) Invented details. B) Wrote fake letters. C) Wrote unfavorably about him. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 6. Why did William Legrand leave New Orleans and go to Sullivan's Island? A) For a change of scenery. B) For health reasons. C) So that no one would know him. D) To look for the love of your life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So that no one would know him. 7. WERE THE HALLS OF THE DEATH MASK CHARACTERIZED BY? A) HERBS. B) EMOTIONS. C) COLORES. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) COLORES. 8. Being horrifying, having to do with death A) Macabre. B) Succinctly. C) Atrocity. D) Wretched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macabre. 9. What was Edgar Allan Poe's mother's profession? A) Dancer. B) Singer. C) Actress. D) Artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actress. 10. Who adopted Edgar when his mother died? A) Mr. and Mrs. George Graham. B) Mr. and Mrs. John Allan. C) Mr. and Mrs. Clemm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. and Mrs. John Allan. 11. "Search narrowly the lines!-they hold a treasure" Who is Poe talking to? A) To the woman. B) To the woman's husband. C) To the reader. D) To himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To the reader. 12. What genre did he write? A) Romance. B) Horror. C) Detective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detective. 13. What is the origin of Halloween? A) Ancient Greek festival. B) Ancient Roman festival. C) Ancient Celtic festival. D) Ancient Egyptian festival. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient Celtic festival. 14. Madeline is buried alive. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 15. Poe is also known as the master of what? A) Music. B) Macabre. C) Macarena. D) Macaroni. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macabre. 16. What does the word 'sagacious' mean? A) A break or intermission in the occurrence of something. B) Lacking spontaneity; not natural. C) Spread or diffuse through. D) Skillful in statecraft or management. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skillful in statecraft or management. 17. What is the purpose of the narrator's experiment on Mr. Valdemar? A) To cure his illness. B) To induce a state of suspended animation. C) To communicate with spirits. D) To test the limits of hypnosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To induce a state of suspended animation. 18. Feuding A) Appearing on a TV show. B) Quarreling; fighting. C) Filling up your car with gas. D) Having a hard time making friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quarreling; fighting. 19. According to the content of the stories read, it can be said that the main themes on which the author bases his work are: A) Life, joy, pain. B) Pain, death and the supernatural. C) Love, pain, joy. D) The joy, the supernatural, the bitterness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pain, death and the supernatural. 20. Edgar Allan Poe wrote A) The raven. B) The flying dutchman. C) The Tell-Tale Stomach. D) The Pit and the Pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The raven. ← 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