This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 52 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Relationship paroquet-condor in the poem A) Old-young. B) Young-old. C) Green-black. D) Big-small. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Young-old. 2. What is the meaning of the word 'dauntless'? A) A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. B) The visual percept of a region. C) The quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength. D) Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. 3. What is the central theme of the poem "A Dream" ? A) The power of memory. B) The beauty of nature. C) The importance of love. D) The blurring of dreams and reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The blurring of dreams and reality. 4. Fill in the blank:The young man enjoyed his ..... Large groups made him uncomfortable. A) Refrain. B) Pendulum. C) Seclusion. D) Supposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seclusion. 5. In "The Pit and the Pendulum", the narrator ..... before he walked around his cell. A) Said a prayer. B) Talked to his jailer. C) Tried to cut a bar. D) Dropped a rag. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dropped a rag. 6. "All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. 7. How did the animal feel about the narrator? A) He hated him. B) He loved him. C) He was indifferent. D) He was afraid of him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He loved him. 8. POS:inquisition A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 9. Which room at the University of Virginia is believed to have been slept in by Edgar Allan Poe? A) Room No. 13. B) Room No. 17. C) Room No. 7. D) Room No. 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Room No. 13. 10. Why did Edgar Allan Poe get kicked out of West Point academy? A) Gross neglect of duty. B) Gambling debts. C) Rebellious behavior. D) Falling grades. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gross neglect of duty. 11. Identify the ADJECTIVES in this sentence: "Lazy people often lead dull lives." A) People. B) Lives. C) Lazy, dull. D) Lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lazy, dull. 12. According to the reading and its vocabulary, CANVAS refers to ..... A) A program to make infographics. B) A piece of fabric to paint on. C) A starring from a tv show. D) A piece of wood to paint on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A piece of fabric to paint on. 13. Poe used these to turn readers into active participants ..... A) Form and style. B) Haunted castles and mansions. C) Dungeons and secret rooms. D) Unreliable narrators. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unreliable narrators. 14. Who called the police and why? A) A neighbor, well, heard a scream and assumed a murder. B) The old man before his death. C) His neighbor was suspicious of the young man's attitude days later. D) A neighbor, I suspect since I no longer see the old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A neighbor, well, heard a scream and assumed a murder. 15. At the time of his death, Poe was engaged to ..... A) Elmira. B) Virginia. C) Barbara. D) Maryanne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elmira. 16. Choose the example of irony from the poem- A) The narrator is afraid of the dark, but he is up a midnight. B) The Raven sits on a statue of wisdom, but it can't really answer the narrator's questions. C) The bust of Pallas is pallid, but the Raven is dark ebony. D) The narrator is happy to be alone, but welcomes the company of the Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Raven sits on a statue of wisdom, but it can't really answer the narrator's questions. 17. An edge tool for cutting grass A) Pendulum. B) Slimy. C) Pit. D) Scythe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scythe. 18. What does the protagonist do with the victim's body? A) Buries him in the backyard. B) Hides it in the closet. C) He dismembers him and eats his remains. D) He dismembers it and hides the remains under the floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He dismembers it and hides the remains under the floor. 19. The second cat reminds the protagonist of the first cat because A) It was almost all black. B) He had a white spot on his chest. C) I followed him everywhere. D) I rejected it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was almost all black. 20. What is wrong with Poe's monument? A) His name is spelled wrong. B) His birthday is written wrong. C) His death date is written wrong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His birthday is written wrong. ← 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