This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 73 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 73 (18 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Edgar Allan Poe's stories often include: A) Horror/suspense. B) A character who is actually a ghost. C) A sudden change of voice. D) Random jokes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horror/suspense. 2. Novel by Edgar Allan Poe. A) "The black cat". B) "The Tell-Tale Heart". C) The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym. D) The Raven. E) Tamerlane and other poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym. 3. What is the definition of metaphor? 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 comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as'. D) Language and description that appeals to the five senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as'. 4. What genre of literature is Poe accredited with creating? A) Horror. B) Detective. C) Romance. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detective. 5. When was Edgar Allan Poe death A) 1848. B) 1749. C) 1949. D) 1849. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1849. 6. Poe enlisted in the ..... before dropping out to attend West Point. A) Navy. B) Marines. C) Airforce. D) Army. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Army. 7. "I remember it was in the bleak December, and each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." A) The Cask of Amontillado. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) Annabel Lee. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Raven. 8. What is the meaning of the word 'resilient'? A) A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. B) The visual percept of a region. C) The quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength. D) Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. 9. The characteristic tone of the genre written by Poe is terror which ..... A) It is developed from reality, paranormal situations and stories. B) It is created from fears, traumas and phobias. C) It introduces the reader to a different, melancholic and dramatic reality. D) It generates anticipatory fear, scary and repulsive experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It generates anticipatory fear, scary and repulsive experiences. 10. What literary figure is used in the following line? " ..... because Death, who was approaching, had passed before him with his black shadow, enveloping his victim in it." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Saying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. What is the narrator's initial response to the tapping at his chamber door? A) Fear and anxiety. B) Joy and excitement. C) Sleepiness and confusion. D) Curiosity and anticipation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleepiness and confusion. 12. Buffoon A) Irregular, not normal. B) Representative of a person. C) A foolish person. D) Pale and skinny, like a corpse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A foolish person. 13. Miser A) Full of enthusiasm. B) Sharp cutting instrument. C) Small bus. D) Person who hoards money and/or possessions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Person who hoards money and/or possessions. 14. The perspective of how the story is being told to the reader A) Narrative Sequence. B) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of View. 15. What is the only phrase that the crow uttered in the poem The Raven? A) Do not lie. B) Never more. C) Love me more. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never more. 16. Who were his birth parents? A) David and Elizabeth Poe. B) Daniel and Mary Poe. C) John and Alice Poe. D) Mark and Linda Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David and Elizabeth Poe. 17. According to University historian Alexander Gilliam, where did Poe live before moving to the West Range? A) On the Lawn. B) In a different building on the Range. C) In a dormitory. D) In a nearby town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the Lawn. 18. Which word means "an odd or unusual feature or habit?" A) Pertinacity. B) Felicity. C) Peculiarity. D) Hide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peculiarity. ← PreviousRelated 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