This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Legrand dream about according to Jupiter? A) With a girl from New Orleans. B) With the gold. C) With the beetle. D) With returning to his family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With the gold. 2. Which word means "something very noticeable or something that stands out?" A) Felicity. B) Conspicuous. C) Paltry. D) Sagacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conspicuous. 3. Alfred Hitchcock learned from Poe that fear A) Is enjoyed when people know they are safe. B) Is a huge money maker. C) Is nothing compared to a beautiful woman. D) Is the most poetic theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is enjoyed when people know they are safe. 4. The recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line. A) Repetition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 5. The protagonist claims that he is crazy A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falso. 6. What peculiarity of the old man infuriated the protagonist of The Tell-Tale Heart? A) His scar. B) His eye. C) His bad mood. D) Her illness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His eye. 7. Which word means "an evil fame or bad reputation" ? A) Subside. B) Apparition. C) Atrocity. D) Infamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infamy. 8. To invent or think out A) Generate. B) Succinctly. C) Remorse. D) Devise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Devise. 9. How many nights did the protagonist enter the old man's room and at what time? A) 9 nights, 10 pm. B) 7 nights, 12 am. C) 6 nights, 12 am. D) 8 nights, 11 pm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7 nights, 12 am. 10. Who did Poe marry when he was 26 years old? A) Cecilia. B) Sarah Helen Whitman. C) Virginia Clemm. D) Margaret Atwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virginia Clemm. 11. They are characteristics of Poe's work: A) Your analytical power. B) A, B y D. C) Mystery atmosphere. D) Obsessive characters. E) Love theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A, B y D. 12. Indicate true or false the following statement about The Oblong Box:Inside the box there are very expensive paintings. A) Falso. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falso. 13. Where did Edgar Allan Poe move to launch a new magazine? A) Boston. B) New York City. C) Philadelphia. D) Richmond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New York City. 14. What did the protagonist do to the cat? A) Gave him up for adoption. B) He abandoned him in the forest. C) I kill him. D) He took them to the vet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I kill him. 15. "For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams ..... "What is the narrator's tone in this line? A) Flippant. B) Nostalgic. C) Knowing. D) Melancholy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melancholy. 16. Bonus:What NFL football team is named after one of Poe's literary works? A) Atlanta Falcons. B) Baltimore Ravens. C) New York Yankees. D) Birmingham Bloodhounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baltimore Ravens. 17. The literary genres that framed the writing of the author Edgar Allan Poe are: A) Terror, drama and mystery. B) Gothic fiction, Horror and detective fiction. C) Romance, intrigue and crime novel. D) Fiction, suspense, tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gothic fiction, Horror and detective fiction. 18. Why does Dupin "stop fighting for life" and for the restoration of his fortune? A) Due to a traffic accident that marked and destroyed his life. B) Thanks to his naivety and inability to analyze. C) Due to a series of unfortunate events and finding themselves in extreme poverty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to a series of unfortunate events and finding themselves in extreme poverty. 19. What was the man's second violent act against his cat? A) He hanged him. B) Poisoned him. C) He stabbed him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hanged him. 20. What type of narrator is used in 'The Well and the Pendulum'? A) The type of narrator used in 'The Pit and the Pendulum' is a first-person narrator. B) A second person narrator. C) An omniscient narrator. D) A limited third-person narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The type of narrator used in 'The Pit and the Pendulum' is a first-person narrator. 21. What is the emotional state of the protagonist at the beginning of the story? A) The emotional state of the protagonist at the beginning of the story is sadness and hopelessness. B) Happiness and enthusiasm. C) Fear and anxiety. D) Calm and tranquility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The emotional state of the protagonist at the beginning of the story is sadness and hopelessness. 22. What is the denotation (definition) for the term "Black Cat?" A) A cat and/or feline with fur that is black. B) A cat that will give you bad luck because of superstitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cat and/or feline with fur that is black. 23. One of these quotes from Edgar Allan Poe A) "Everything we see or seem to be is nothing more than a dream within a dream.". B) "It is in the nature of women to despise those who love them and to love those who hate them.". C) "An eye for an eye and the world will end up blind.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "It is in the nature of women to despise those who love them and to love those who hate them.". 24. "Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies" Where can we find the name? A) On the back of the poem. B) In the first two lines of the poem. C) Within the lines of this poem. D) In the last two lines of the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Within the lines of this poem. 25. "For her this rhyme ..... twins of Leda" Poe wants to emphasize A) The woman's gorgeousness. B) The woman's personality. C) The woman's love. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The woman's gorgeousness. 26. Poets use sound devices to ..... A) To be musical. B) To evoke emotion. C) Entertain. D) To win the critics approval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To evoke emotion. 27. What is the definition of motif? A) A story that reveals a hidden meaning. B) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words. C) An emphasized or recurring concept in a piece of writing. D) Language and description that appeals to the five senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An emphasized or recurring concept in a piece of writing. 28. Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand A) Stern. B) Ungainly. C) Scarce. D) Bleak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scarce. 29. "Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted-On this home by Horror haunted-tell me truly, I implore-Is there-is there balm in Gilead?-tell me-tell me, I implore!" A) The Cask of Amontillado. B) The Raven. C) The Tell-Tale Heart. D) Annabel Lee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Raven. 30. In the poem "A Dream, " the speaker describes experiencing a sense of joy ..... A) During the day. B) During the night. C) Both day and night. D) Neither day nor night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the day. 31. Where was Poe born? A) Richmond, VA. B) Baltimore, MD. C) Boston, MA. D) New England, MA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boston, MA. 32. What did the man in the BLACK CAT do? A) Ride his bike. B) Throw an apple at his wife. C) Hung his cat with a rope. D) Go swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hung his cat with a rope. 33. All poems must rhyme. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 34. Which university did Edgar Allen Poe attend? A) Harvard. B) University of Virginia. C) Virginia Commonwealth University. D) Yale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) University of Virginia. 35. What university do I enter? A) University of Virginia. B) To the nacho. C) To a boarding school in England. D) To an academy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) University of Virginia. 36. Is he married to his own cousin Virginia? A) YES. B) NO. C) MAYBE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 37. What happened when he hit hard the wall where the body was hidden? A) The wall fell. B) His wife started screaming and asking for help. C) A moan, muffled and broken, like that of a child. D) The silhouette of a cat appeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A moan, muffled and broken, like that of a child. 38. What shape did the animal have on its chest? A) A moon. B) A cross. C) A white line around its neck. D) A hangman's noose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A hangman's noose. 39. Edgar Allan Poe's horror story A) The Raven. B) Tamerlan. C) The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym. D) The well and the pendulum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The well and the pendulum. 40. How does the narrator describe his relationship with the animals before changing his behavior? A) He has always been cruel to them. B) He has always loved and cared for them. C) He has completely ignored them. D) Considers them inferior and not relevant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has always loved and cared for them. 41. When did Poe die? A) 1818. B) 1849. C) 1902. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1849. 42. Years of love have been, forgot in the hatred of a minute A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Emo lyrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 43. What year was Poe born? A) 1989. B) 1908. C) 1980. D) 1809. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1809. 44. Roderick Usher is NOT afraid of ..... A) The future. B) Terror. C) Danger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Danger. 45. What is Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem? A) The Raven. B) Annabel Lee. C) The Tell-Tale Heart. D) The Black Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Raven. 46. While I nodded, nearly napping A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 47. To suffer death; especially in a violent way A) Harken. B) Demented. C) Retribution. D) Perish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perish. 48. Select the correct term to match the definition below. Refers to the wide array of positive and negative associations that most words naturally carry with them A) Connotation. B) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 49. The house was near a small lake. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 50. A black bird landed on the bust of which Greek goddess? A) Artemis. B) Athens. C) Aphrodite. D) Here. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athens. 51. Who was Virginia Clemm? A) His 13 year old cousin and wife. B) His Best Friend. C) His Wife. D) His Cousin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His 13 year old cousin and wife. 52. What was Poe's birth parent's profession? A) Gamblers. B) Actors. C) Electricians. D) Journalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actors. 53. Who is the protagonist of The Ball of the Red Death? A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) The Count of Strasbourg. C) Prince Prospero. D) The red death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prince Prospero. 54. The inhabitants of the San Roque neighborhood woke up alarmed around 3:00 AM. Due: A) They heard the sound of a bomb that broke all the windows of the houses on MORGUE STREET. B) They heard the noise of some roosters singing their tune earlier than normal. C) They heard the fight of some drunks caused by paying the bill. D) They heard the noise of terrifying screams coming from the fourth floor of a house on MORGUE STREET. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They heard the noise of terrifying screams coming from the fourth floor of a house on MORGUE STREET. 55. How does Toby feel after he hears the work "ahem" ? A) Sad. B) Happy. C) Mean. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happy. 56. What is the narrator's childhood like? A) He makes fun of his classmates. B) He has a normal childhood. C) Suffers from family abuse. D) Is mocked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is mocked. 57. What is the large noticeable feature about the outside of the house? A) Fungi. B) Ugly trees. C) A fissure. D) Vacant, eye like windows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A fissure. 58. When the character indicates what appears in the fragment, it means that the old man suddenly heard a slight moan, and I knew it was the moan that comes from terror. He did not express pain or sorrow ..... A) He was too afraid of the dark and strange noises. B) He knew that the terrible hour of his death had arrived. C) He believed that thieves had entered his house. D) He complained because the light did not allow him to sleep peacefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He knew that the terrible hour of his death had arrived. 59. Which type of stories do Edgar write A) Realistic fiction. B) Gothic. C) Myth. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gothic. 60. In addition to mysteries, Poe also wrote A) Satires, humorous stories and hoaxes. B) Satires, humorous stories, hoaxes and detective stories. C) Satires and hoaxes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satires, humorous stories, hoaxes and detective stories. Next →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesEdgar 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