This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 50 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He was ..... of the academy in 1831. A) Thrown-out. B) Orphaned. C) Honed. D) Whodunits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thrown-out. 2. What was released earlier? A) Golden Beetle. B) Al Aaraaf. C) Tamerlane and other poems. D) Eleonora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tamerlane and other poems. 3. The narrator of the poem is most likely Poe himself. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What kind of childhood did Edgar Allan Poe have? A) He lived happy with his parents and his brother and his sister in a ranch in Boston. B) A. His father, David, left the family when Edgar was only 2, and his mother, Elizabeth, died from a tuberculosis next year. C) A. Edgar and his parents, David and Elizabeth, emigrated from Boston to Britain when he was only 1. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. His father, David, left the family when Edgar was only 2, and his mother, Elizabeth, died from a tuberculosis next year. 5. What did the narrator find on the pillow? A) A small book. B) A painting. C) A note. D) A key. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A small book. 6. What does the word 'gregarious' mean? A) A break or intermission in the occurrence of something. B) Fond of company; sociable. C) Spread or diffuse through. D) Acting with or showing care and thought for the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fond of company; sociable. 7. Who did Edgar Allan Poe live with after his parents' death? A) John Allan. B) Maria Clemm. C) Elmira Shelton. D) Virginia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Allan. 8. Toby hits his head against A) A window. B) The turnstile. C) The wall of the bridge. D) An iron brace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An iron brace. 9. Bonus question 2:what month is this? A) November. B) September. C) Augtober. D) March. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) November. 10. In which city did the Allan family live from 1815 to 1820? A) London. B) Boston. C) Richmond. D) Norfolk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) London. 11. These stories served as models for future ..... A) Whodunits. B) Impoverished. C) Pondered. D) Honed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whodunits. 12. The referee has the ..... to enforce the rules of the game. A) Authority. B) Frenzy. C) Influence. D) Stir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Authority. 13. The following sentence contains what type of figurative language? Love is blind. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. What are the 4 elements which enable us to define whether (if) a piece of writing belong to the gothic genre? A) Setting, Characters, Epic fights, Treason. B) Setting, Characters, Plot, The supernatural. C) Setting, Plot, Special effects, Moral at the end. D) Setting, Plot, Romantic opening, Historical figures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting, Characters, Plot, The supernatural. 15. What did Poe write to Allan in 1831 about his time at the University? A) He felt like an outcast and had no one who cared for him. B) He had a great time and made many friends. C) He regretted not enrolling in a third course. D) He blamed Allan for his lack of success. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He felt like an outcast and had no one who cared for him. 16. The following sentence contains what type of figurative language? I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Situational Irony. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 17. What is the outcome of the story 'The Pit and the Pendulum'? A) The outcome of the story 'The Well and the Pendulum' is that the protagonist is rescued just before falling into a well and being cut by a pendulum, managing to escape his terrible fate. B) The protagonist dies after falling into the well and being cut by the pendulum. C) The protagonist decides to stay in the well and face his destiny. D) The protagonist manages to escape but is captured again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The outcome of the story 'The Well and the Pendulum' is that the protagonist is rescued just before falling into a well and being cut by a pendulum, managing to escape his terrible fate. 18. What inspired Edgar Allan Poe's storytelling? A) His parents. B) His Godfather. C) His heartbreak. D) The dark and spooky evenings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dark and spooky evenings. 19. Who led the revival of interest in Poe at the University in the late 1890s? A) Professor Charles W. Kent. B) Professor George Long. C) Rufus Griswold. D) Sculptor George Julian Zolnay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Professor Charles W. Kent. 20. What does the term superstition mean? A) An unjustified belief in supernatural causes leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief. B) A mental illness such as severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot manage own affairs or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An unjustified belief in supernatural causes leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief. ← 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