Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 63 (20 MCQs)

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1. What does Romance represent?

Correct Answer: C) A bird.

2. What is NOT a tragedy that happened to Poe during his life?

Correct Answer: E) He never became popular.

3. The title of the text is:

Correct Answer: B) The oval portrait.

4. Who is George's brother?

Correct Answer: A) Bill.

5. As someone rapping, rapping at my chamber door, " is an example of .....

Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia.

6. In what form is the story written?

Correct Answer: D) Prose.

7. What does "balm in Gilead" refer to?

Correct Answer: C) Healing and relief.

8. Unable to be solved

Correct Answer: D) Insoluble.

9. To be disturbed or annoyed

Correct Answer: B) Vexed.

10. Poetry can be extended, while prose must be broken up to be easy to read.

Correct Answer: B) Falso.

11. How did Edgar Allan Poe's wife die?

Correct Answer: A) Tuberculosis.

12. What do Poe's stories primarily explore?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

13. His biological parents dedicated themselves to .....

Correct Answer: C) To the performance.

14. Poe's biological parents died when he was 3-years-old.

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. What did one of the brothers do, much to the horror of the old man?

Correct Answer: A) He tried to force the old man's hands off a ring on the boat so he could hang onto it himself.

16. What is the main message conveyed by 'The Pit and the Pendulum'?

Correct Answer: A) The protagonist's fight to survive in extreme conditions and his fight against death.

17. The Raven:Which of the following is an example of alliteration from The Raven?

Correct Answer: A) "as I nodded nearly napping".

18. What is the definition of hyperbole?

Correct Answer: D) Over-exaggeration for effect.

19. What is Mr. Valdemar's condition before the experiment begins?

Correct Answer: B) Almost dead.

20. To make someone feel annoyed; especially in trivial matters

Correct Answer: B) Vex.