This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 48 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He ..... in the United States Army in 1827. A) Enlisted. B) Pondered. C) Impoverished. D) Honed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enlisted. 2. Which word means "to weaken or grow less intense?" A) Repose. B) Subside. C) Conspicuous. D) Sagacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subside. 3. Poe's legacy can be seen in all of the following areas: A) Horror genre, Science-Fiction, Theater. B) Literary criticism, Romanticism, Action genre, Poetry. C) Detective story, Horror genre, Science-Fiction, Literary criticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detective story, Horror genre, Science-Fiction, Literary criticism. 4. What is a typical setting in a gothic tale? A) An exotic country in the Middle East or the Far East. B) An urban area, swarming with people. C) There is no distinctive setting as the hero constantly moves from one place to another. D) A bleak and remote place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A bleak and remote place. 5. Which sound device uses a pattern of rhyme? A) Rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme scheme. 6. Before murdering him, how many nights did the narrator go to the old man's room? A) 5. B) 2. C) 7. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 7. In the second stanza of "Eldorado, " the author uses the shadow to represent- A) Shame. B) Boredom. C) Sorrow. D) Despair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Despair. 8. Who is the actor in the movie IT? A) Sployu king. B) IT. C) Sfeten king. D) Tu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sfeten king. 9. Why is Edgar Allan Poe considered one of the greatest American authors? A) His popularity in horror genre. B) His attention to form and style. C) His use of supernatural elements. D) His exploration of love and guilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His attention to form and style. 10. What is the main theme of the short story The Revealing Heart A) To melancholy. B) The death. C) The madness. D) Love. E) The teenage years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The madness. 11. The architect's ..... design turned a boring building into a work of art. A) Imaginative. B) Tart. C) Elementary. D) Haven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imaginative. 12. Identify the ADVERB in this sentence: "Susan B. Anthony fought tirelessly for women's voting rights." A) Tirelessly. B) Fought. C) Susan B. Anthony. D) Voting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tirelessly. 13. Francisco Jimenez was a ..... A) Farmer. B) Child author. C) Hairdresser. D) Migrant worker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Migrant worker. 14. The following sentence contains what type of figurative language? These events have terrified, have tortured, have destroyed me. A) Metaphor. B) Repetition. C) Verbal irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 15. Scythe A) Proudly wise. B) Charming, confident, elegant. C) A tool with a curved blade attached to a pole. D) A short or temporary stay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A tool with a curved blade attached to a pole. 16. To experience something in an intense way A) Suavity. B) Sagacity. C) Acute. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acute. 17. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Philosophy of Composition, " how does Poe say he creates contrast in the portrayal of the bird in "The Raven" ? A) The bird talks a lot at first, and then it refuses to answer questions. B) The bird's entrance is almost comical, and then it becomes ominous. C) The bird's appearance is startling at first, and then it becomes commonplace. D) The bird begins with kind news, and then it delves into sad news. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bird's entrance is almost comical, and then it becomes ominous. 18. During his life, Poe was engaged to two different women named ..... A) Linda. B) Molly. C) Sarah. D) Annabel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah. 19. How were your stories different than Edgar Allan Poe's story? A) Our stories were more scary. B) Our stories were more serious. C) Our stories were more silly. D) Our stories were more sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our stories were more silly. 20. The three characters dug a big hole. What did they find there? A) A treasure. B) A beetle nest. C) A wooden coffin. D) Absolutely nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absolutely nothing. ← 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