This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 62 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was Jupiter? A) He was the biological father of William Legrand. B) He was a powerful ancestor of Legrand. C) He was an old black man who was always with Legrand. D) He was the person who ruled Sullivan's Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was an old black man who was always with Legrand. 2. What did Edgar Allan Poe consider as the unity of effect in his stories? A) The ability to scare the reader. B) The ability to create a sense of mystery. C) The ability to evoke intense emotions. D) The ability to convey a clear moral message. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ability to evoke intense emotions. 3. Who wrote the well and the pendulum and the gold bug? A) Miguel de Cervantes. B) Gabriela Mistral. C) Jose bohr. D) Edgar allan poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edgar allan poe. 4. What does Jupiter blame for Legrand's condition? A) Jupiter blames heartbreak. B) Jupiter blames the beetle. C) Jupiter blames the narrator himself. D) Jupiter blames the island's climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jupiter blames the beetle. 5. Skillful in achieving one's ends by deceit; sly A) Cunning. B) Ungainly. C) Importunate. D) Pallid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cunning. 6. Dark Romantic authors ..... A) Focus on the perfectibility of mankind. B) Focus on religion and redemption. C) Focus on the effects of sin and guilt on man's soul. D) Focus on the force of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Focus on the effects of sin and guilt on man's soul. 7. What is the name of the disease that killed so many people that Poe loved and is represented by the "red death" ? A) Brain cancer. B) Insanity. C) Tuberculosis. D) Delirium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tuberculosis. 8. Poe's parents were frowned upon for being theater actors. A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 9. Where had they kept the letter? A) In a cardboard card holder. B) In a silver chest. C) Behind the door. D) Under the wooden floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a cardboard card holder. 10. What is the speaker's emotional state in the poem? A) Weary and sorrowful. B) Joyful and hopeful. C) Angry and resentful. D) Calm and content. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weary and sorrowful. 11. What are some of the symbols used in the poem 'Alone' and what do they represent? A) Some symbols used in the poem 'Alone' are the night, the stars, and the sea, which represent loneliness, hope, and the unknown, respectively. B) The mountains, representing fear. C) The sun, representing darkness. D) The moon, representing companionship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Some symbols used in the poem 'Alone' are the night, the stars, and the sea, which represent loneliness, hope, and the unknown, respectively. 12. Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his ..... A) Short stories and poems. B) Plays and essays. C) Career as a writing critic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short stories and poems. 13. What two feelings does Roderick Usher alternate between? A) Excited and Anxious. B) Energetic and Tired. C) Courageous and Frightened . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited and Anxious. 14. Horror fiction in Europe was first established in: A) The Renaissance. B) The Middle Ages. C) Ancient Greece and Rome. D) 19th century England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient Greece and Rome. 15. What image appeared on one of the walls of the house after the fire? A) A feline with a spot. B) A gigantic cat surrounded by a rope. C) The ashes of Pluto. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A gigantic cat surrounded by a rope. 16. The main theme of the reading A) The oval portrait. B) Death. C) Love. D) The obsession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The obsession. 17. And all I loved, I loved alone A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Emo lyrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 18. Pale, particularly from illness A) Acute. B) Vex. C) Insoluble. D) Pallid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pallid. 19. Annabel Lee:What is the setting of the poem? A) Castle in Ireland. B) Their apartment in Baltimore. C) A tropical island. D) A kingdom by the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A kingdom by the sea. 20. What is the effect of the repetition of the word 'alone' in the poem 'Alone'? A) Highlights the importance of companionship. B) Creates a sense of unity and togetherness. C) Emphasizes the theme of isolation and loneliness. D) Suggests a feeling of contentment and happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emphasizes the theme of isolation and loneliness. ← 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