This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Although our camp counselor is soft and fun loving, they can get mean and ..... if provoked. A) Quaint. B) Bleak. C) Ghastly. D) Stern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stern. 2. What happens at the beginning of premature burial? A) The protagonist is buried alive. B) The protagonist dies. C) The protagonist is alive and safe. D) The protagonist is in a hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The protagonist is buried alive. 3. Where did you find the second cat? A) At the neighbor's house. B) On the street. C) In a tavern. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a tavern. 4. Tangible A) Not real. B) Tangled. C) To be able to be touched. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be able to be touched. 5. Poe died surrounded by those he knew and loved. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What happened after the man hanged the cat? A) The man was happy. B) The house burned down and they lost all their belongings. C) Everything remained normal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The house burned down and they lost all their belongings. 7. The narrators of the story in order of appearance are, respectively A) Protagonist and witness. B) Omniscient and witness. C) Protagonist and omniscient. D) Protagonist and relative knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist and omniscient. 8. What is the author's purpose for writing this poem? A) To show the foolishness of young love. B) To convey his sadness at the loss of his young love. C) To teach the importance of letting someone go. D) To encourage others to pursue a loving relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To convey his sadness at the loss of his young love. 9. What does the speaker do to try to understand the raven's message? A) Engages in deep contemplation and analysis. B) Seeks advice from other people. C) Performs a ritual to communicate with spirits. D) Ignores the raven and tries to forget about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Engages in deep contemplation and analysis. 10. Poe experienced the death of specific loved ones throughout much of his life. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 11. How does the raven get to the perch? A) The raven appears in a dream. B) The speaker looks for the raven. C) The raven is brought by Lenore. D) The raven flies in a window. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The raven flies in a window. 12. Choose Poe's most famous poem. A) The black Cat. B) Annabel. C) The crow. D) Lenora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The crow. 13. In the poem, the speaker reflects on "things around him with a ray turned back upon the past." What does this suggest about the speaker's perspective? A) The speaker is nostalgic and looking back on past experiences. B) The speaker is focused on the present. C) The speaker is lost in daydreams. D) The speaker is immersed in future hopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker is nostalgic and looking back on past experiences. 14. How old was Virginia when she and Poe got married? A) 16. B) 24. C) 13. D) 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13. 15. Select the correct term that matches the definition below. acting or done without forethought A) Insanity. B) Premeditated. C) Impulsive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impulsive. 16. Lacking grace in movement or posture A) Enchanted. B) Implore. C) Ungainly. D) Radiant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ungainly. 17. What is the definition of macabre? A) A bright colored tropical parrot sometimes domesticated as a pet. B) Having death as a subject, gruesome, produces horror. C) Unreliable, untrustworthy, often lying. D) Having a dark appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having death as a subject, gruesome, produces horror. 18. What does the word 'Lenore' represent in the poem? A) The speaker's lost love and source of sorrow. B) The name of the raven and its mysterious origin. C) A symbol of hope and redemption for the speaker. D) The title of a book the speaker is reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker's lost love and source of sorrow. 19. "But the fact is I was napping" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. 20. What caused the narrator to get up and open the door then the window? A) He had a visitor. B) He heard a tapping. C) The window was open. D) He wanted to go outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He heard a tapping. ← 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 9Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books