This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 54 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main message conveyed by the story "The Oval Portrait" ? A) The transience of beauty and the inevitable march of time. B) The obsession and madness that can arise from the external world. C) The power of imagination to create alternative realities. D) The need to face our internal fears and nightmares. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The transience of beauty and the inevitable march of time. 2. Summer smiled on the earth today. A) Assonance. B) Personification. C) Namesakes. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 3. When the narrator said "Toby was in high spirits", he would have meant the same thing if he had said that Toby was A) Feeling bad. B) Seeing ghosts. C) Drinking a lot. D) Enjoying himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enjoying himself. 4. In which of these literary genres did Poe invent? A) Sonnet. B) Novel. C) Detective Story. D) Epic Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detective Story. 5. " ..... much of his ..... could be traced to the terrible illness of his beloved sister ..... " A) Gloomy. B) Sorrow. C) Dreary. D) Morbid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sorrow. 6. Each of the following is a theory of Poe's death except A) Rabies. B) Heart problems. C) Cancer. D) Alcoholism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cancer. 7. Name the main character of "The Murders in Rue Morgue" A) Does not have a main character. B) Charles Dupin. C) C. Auguste Dupin. D) Madame and mademoiselle L'Espanaye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. Auguste Dupin. 8. The state or process of falling into decay or being in disrepair A) Dissimilation. B) Pallid. C) Vex. D) Dilapidation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dilapidation. 9. At what age did Edgar start writing poetry? A) Around 12. B) Around 18. C) Around 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around 12. 10. Who did Poe live with when he was young? A) Henry and Rosline. B) David and Elizabeth Poe. C) His grandparents. D) Mr. and Mrs. John Allen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. and Mrs. John Allen. 11. Which genre is Edgar Allen Poe credited with creating? A) Poetry. B) Mystery. C) Fantasy. D) Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mystery. 12. How did Poe influence short stories? A) He made horror stories popular. B) He was the best story writer. C) His stories scared people away from reading. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He made horror stories popular. 13. It, in paragraph 1, refers to: A) The paintings. B) The contemplation. C) Paintings and reading. D) The reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The paintings. 14. Did much of the inspiration for Poe's stories come from the tragedy in his own life? A) TRUE. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 15. What is Edgar Allan Poe often referred to as? A) The Father of American Literature. B) The Father of Modern Poetry. C) The Father of Mystery and Detective Stories. D) The Father of Horror Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Father of Mystery and Detective Stories. 16. I stand amid the roar of a surf-tormented shore A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Emo lyrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 17. Darkness, loneliness, cold and hunger are reflected in the story A) The Masque of the Red Death. B) The black cat. C) The Fall of the House of Usher. D) The well and the pendulum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The well and the pendulum. 18. In what year did Edgar Allan Poe write The Purloined Letter? A) 1844. B) 2001. C) 1833. D) 1842. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1844. 19. The main idea of a poem. What the author wants you to learn A) Free verse. B) Cinquain. C) Theme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 20. What did he see on one of the walls? A) He saw his wife. B) He saw his cat. C) He saw his wife hung by the neck. D) He saw his cat hung by the neck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He saw his cat hung by the neck. ← 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