This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 57 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the allusion in the following line?Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore? A) Lordly name and Night's Plutonian shore allude to the ruler of the underworld. B) Night's alludes to Chronos, the god of time. C) Plutonian alludes to Christian heaven. D) Tell me alludes to the the god of communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lordly name and Night's Plutonian shore allude to the ruler of the underworld. 2. The following sentence contains what type of figurative language? A self-professed animal lover commits unspeakable crimes against animals. A) Foreshadowing. B) Metaphor. C) Verbal Irony. D) Situational Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Situational Irony. 3. In the end, does the narrator confess his crime? A) Yeah. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yeah. 4. State true or false the following statement about The Oblong Box:The story begins in a port in England. A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falso. 5. The first brutal act that the man commits with the cat is A) Hang him. B) Burn it down. C) Take out an eye. D) Kill him with an axe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take out an eye. 6. Which line uses alliteration? A) The moon in June. B) Rushing, raging rivers run. C) The snow is a blanket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rushing, raging rivers run. 7. Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly. A) Correspond. B) Refrain. C) Supposition. D) Seclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correspond. 8. The wife's crime A) He is avenged by his family. B) He is discovered by the police. C) Remains unpunished. D) Discovered five years later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is discovered by the police. 9. What was the name of the first literary detective? A) Atticus Sterling. B) Auguste Dupin. C) Arthur Sterling. D) Atticus Dupin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auguste Dupin. 10. Select the words that best describe Edgar Allan Poe's style of writing: A) Humorous, joyful. B) Mysterious, suspenseful. C) Encouraging, hopeful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mysterious, suspenseful. 11. What do people dress up as on Halloween? A) Movie monsters or TV characters. B) Superheroes. C) Animals. D) Historical figures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movie monsters or TV characters. 12. What is a verb? A) Person, place, thing, idea. B) Action. C) Tells location. D) Describes a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Action. 13. How the factory burned A) Because he wanted to kill everyone. B) Fire caused by IT. C) It got smeared with sewer slime floating around. D) It's just that they were washing and they didn't do their job well and they neglected it and it flooded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fire caused by IT. 14. What should Jupiter do with the skull? A) Pass the beetle through the hole in an eye. B) Remove the nail that holds it. C) Run away from her as soon as possible. D) Pray several prayers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pass the beetle through the hole in an eye. 15. Genre to which "The Black Cat" belongs A) Tale. B) Literary. C) Narrative. D) Terror. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative. 16. What are two principles present in all of Poe's stories? A) Unity and reason. B) Truth and fiction. C) Madness and joy. D) Hope and dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unity and reason. 17. According to Poe, what are the two cardinal rules for the short story form? A) It must be long enough to read in one sitting and every word must contribute to its purpose. B) It must be short enough to read in one sitting and every word must contribute to its purpose. C) It must be long enough to read in one sitting and every word must be descriptive. D) It must be short enough to read in one sitting and every word must be descriptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It must be short enough to read in one sitting and every word must contribute to its purpose. 18. The coach's leadership style had a positive ..... on the team's performance. A) Stir. B) Mourn. C) Investigate. D) Influence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Influence. 19. What happened to the narrator's house after he killed the cat? A) There was an explosion. B) There was a fire. C) There was a flood. D) There was a tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There was a fire. 20. What is the adjective in "my poor wife" ? A) Mi. B) Poor. C) Women. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poor. ← 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