This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 58 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 58 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Cask of Amontillado:How does Montresor murder Fortunato? A) He locks him in the catacombs. B) He poisons him with wine. C) He drowns him in the river beneath the city. D) He hits him over the head with a wine bottle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He locks him in the catacombs. 2. What social changes were there in Poe's time? A) End of a civil war. B) War times. C) Political separations. D) Oppression by the English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End of a civil war. 3. Poe was born A) April 19, 1908. B) July 4, 1807. C) January 19, 1809. D) October 7, 1849. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) January 19, 1809. 4. What is the definition of dramatic irony? A) A story that reveals a hidden meaning. B) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words. C) A reference to a person, place, or thing of historical significance. D) When a reader or audience is aware of something that a character isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When a reader or audience is aware of something that a character isn't. 5. August A) Sharp or severe in effect. B) Unpleasant smell or taste. C) Struck with shock or horror. D) An opening or a hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Struck with shock or horror. 6. The stolen letter according to the narrative was found in A) A card holder. B) In the middle of the street. C) Under the bed. D) In the kitchen oven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A card holder. 7. The following sentence contains what type of figurative language? Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 8. How did he die? A) In a car accident. B) Fo mysterious circumstances. C) Of lung cancer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fo mysterious circumstances. 9. "We passed through a range of low arches, descended, pass on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame." A) The Cask of Amontillado. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) Annabel Lee. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Cask of Amontillado. 10. Why is Mr. Valdemar interested in the experiment proposed by the narrator? A) He wants to become famous. B) He is terminally ill and hopes for relief. C) He is curious about hypnosis. D) He is a scientist conducting similar experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is terminally ill and hopes for relief. 11. What is the belief about the "black cat" ? A) What are little elves?. B) What are metamorphosed witches?. C) What are fairy tales?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What are metamorphosed witches?. 12. The versions of the witnesses seem to be consistent except for one detail ..... A) The voice timbres. B) The language they speak. C) The number of people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The language they speak. 13. Who fostered Edgar Allan Poe after his parents' death? A) John and Frances Allan. B) The Mackenzie family. C) His grandparents in Baltimore. D) David and Elizabeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John and Frances Allan. 14. The Tell-Tale Heart:What does the deathwatch beetle symbolize in the story? A) Guilt. B) Innocence. C) Life. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 15. Who helped the protagonist escape from the pendulum's condemnation? A) The inquisitors. B) The rats. C) He managed to free himself. D) Some French soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rats. 16. What were the windows in the suite of rooms made of? A) Stained glass. B) Transparent glass. C) Green glass. D) Blue glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stained glass. 17. If Poe had not become a writer, what did his college friends think he might become? A) Musician. B) Actor. C) Dancer. D) Artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artist. 18. How many songs did the first published collection of poetry contain? A) 40. B) 38. C) 50. D) 52. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50. 19. It was adopted by: A) Merchant. B) Lawyer. C) Profesor. D) Actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchant. 20. What does the word 'vivacious' mean? A) A break or intermission in the occurrence of something. B) Lacking spontaneity; not natural. C) Spread or diffuse through. D) Attractively lively and animated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attractively lively and animated. ← 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