This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following statements about the narrator is true? A) The narrator's madness makes him a reliable narrator. B) Using the word "you" makes you a second person narrator. C) The narrator's madness makes him an unreliable narrator. D) The narrator's impersonal style makes him an objective narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator's madness makes him an unreliable narrator. 2. Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice A) Mutter. B) Bleak. C) Radiant. D) Ungainly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutter. 3. The end of the poem "Alone" mentions a "demon in my view, " which refers to how much he feels ..... A) His parents watch over him. B) How happy he is. C) His world is darker than that of others. D) How close he feels to others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His world is darker than that of others. 4. How much money did Edgar Allan Poe earn for 'The Raven'? A) Two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. B) One hundred twenty dollars. C) Fifty dollars. D) Nine to fifteen dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nine to fifteen dollars. 5. How would most people describe Poe's life? A) He had a tragic life, full of loss. B) He had an exciting life as a celebrity. C) He had a joyful life, healthy and happy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He had a tragic life, full of loss. 6. What is the award given to outstanding writers of mystery each year in America in honor of Edgar Allan Poe? A) The Ravens. B) The EAP Award. C) The Edgars. D) Poe Fo Show. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Edgars. 7. How does the tone of the poem 'Alone' create a specific mood for the reader? A) By using words and language that convey feelings of joy, excitement, and celebration. B) By using words and language that convey feelings of isolation, sadness, and introspection. C) By using words and language that convey feelings of anger, frustration, and aggression. D) By using words and language that convey feelings of love, contentment, and satisfaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By using words and language that convey feelings of isolation, sadness, and introspection. 8. What is the expression that the crow repeats throughout the poem The Crow? A) She died. B) Never. C) Goodbye!. D) Until death. E) Forever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never. 9. What did the narrator ask of the raven in stanza 8? A) Who was his master?. B) What is his name?. C) Why was he sent here?. D) From where did he come?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What is his name?. 10. Poe ran out of money for school likely because of his ..... A) Credit card overuse. B) Expensive girlfriends. C) Gambling debts. D) Expensive lifestyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gambling debts. 11. The speaker describes his childhood as the dawn of what? A) A stormy life. B) Nothing. C) A wonderful adult life. D) Awesome teenage years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A stormy life. 12. The Red Death is spreading outside the castle. The prince is trying to avoid death by keeping his friends safely barricaded within the castle. A) Irony. B) Resolution. C) Climax. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 13. Edgar Allan Poe First married his: A) Childhood sweetheart. B) Younger cousin. C) He never married. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Younger cousin. 14. Edgar Allan Poe only wrote poetry. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 15. What did Poe consider the ideal length of a poem? A) 200. B) 100. C) 50. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100. 16. How did he change? A) He became selfish and started abusing his wife and his pets. B) He became sick and had to be committed to a psychiatric hospital. C) He became nice and gave his money to the poor. D) He became very rich and founded a new factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He became selfish and started abusing his wife and his pets. 17. How long did his funeral last? A) 3 days. B) 3 minutes. C) 3 hours. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 minutes. 18. How much money did the crow receive for the poem? A) 50 dollars. B) 5 dollars. C) 9 Dollars. D) 15 dollars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9 Dollars. 19. What do some people believe about cats thar colour? A) They believe they are nice. B) They believe they are sick. C) They believe they are cute. D) They believe they are evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They believe they are evil. 20. According to the story, what is the narrator's sharpest sense? A) Smell. B) Listen. C) Tacto. D) Vista. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listen. 21. Cash, boom. buzz, snap A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onmatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onmatopoeia. 22. What is the main theme explored in Poe's stories? A) The consequences of guilt. B) The mysteries of the human mind. C) The supernatural. D) The power of love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mysteries of the human mind. 23. Charlotte, Nora, and Priya are reading a poem in their literature class. They come across the word 'implore' in the second stanza. Can you help them figure out what 'implore' means? A) Beg for. B) Ignore. C) Laugh at. D) Cry for. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beg for. 24. "Other friends have flown before-on the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before." A) The Tell-Tale Heart. B) Annabel Lee. C) The Cask of Amontillado. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Raven. 25. What is Poe's place of birth? A) Boston. B) Baltimore. C) Philadelphia. D) Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boston. 26. The aroma of the coffee always ..... s his senses, waking him up. A) Stir. B) Tart. C) Haven. D) Wound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stir. 27. " ..... she lived with no other thought / Than to love and be loved by me" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. 28. What are the main themes explored in the poem 'Alone'? A) Success, achievement, and fulfillment. B) Isolation, loneliness, and the human experience. C) Happiness, joy, and contentment. D) Adventure, excitement, and exploration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isolation, loneliness, and the human experience. 29. How old was Poe when his mother died? A) He was three years old. B) He was four years old. C) He was five years old. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was three years old. 30. What mark appears on the wall after the narrator hangs the second cat? A) A claw mark. B) The shape of an eye. C) A gigantic cat. D) A stain of blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A gigantic cat. 31. The Cask of Amontillado:What type of narrator is Montresor? A) Unpredictable Narrator. B) Omniscient Narrator. C) Third Person Narrator. D) Unreliable Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unreliable Narrator. 32. The furthest point or limit of something. A) Dominion. B) Pendulum. C) Vex. D) Extremity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extremity. 33. The Lord when he was a child A) He had an adoption home for animals. B) I hated animals. C) He was indifferent to animals. D) I loved the animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I loved the animals. 34. Where did Edgar Allan Poe study abroad? A) Italy. B) France. C) Germany. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 35. Poe once won a contest against a classmate by A) Swimming 6 miles in a river. B) A high score in a shooting competition. C) Defeating him in fencing. D) Winning a mile run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming 6 miles in a river. 36. What does the word 'vexatious' mean? A) Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. B) A decree that prohibits something. C) Skillful in statecraft or management. D) Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry. 37. When did Poe's mother pass away? A) When he was 13. B) When he was 2. C) When he was 40. D) When he wrote his first poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When he was 2. 38. Why does he react like this to his cat? A) By desire. B) By drunkenness. C) Out of anger. D) By fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By drunkenness. 39. Gentle, calm, sweet A) Devise. B) Docile. C) Succinctly. D) Wretched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Docile. 40. In the work it can be seen that the protagonist is going through a metamorphosis in his personality. Recognize the changes he experiences: A) Becomes a more passive and reflective person. B) Improve your analytical skills. C) Expresses explicit pessimism. D) Develops a violent personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Develops a violent personality. 41. How did the man kill the woman? A) With an ax blow. B) He hanged her just like the cat. C) At one blow. D) He threw her down the stairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With an ax blow. 42. The sentence, "it was a story about secret codes and treasure hunting, " is an example of which type of verb mood? A) Imperative. B) Subjunctive. C) Indicative. D) Conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indicative. 43. Rough and unpleasant to the senses A) Gloomy. B) Dreary. C) Harsh. D) Morbid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harsh. 44. The Cask of Amontillado:What animal is in the Montresor coat of arms? A) A lizard. B) A snake. C) A bat. D) A rat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A snake. 45. What is the significance of the alliteration in stanza 1: "weak and weary" ? A) It rhymes with dreary. B) W is near the end of the alphabet signifying the end of Lenore's life. C) It stresses the physical and mental condition of the narrator. D) It helps set the tone that is upbeat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It stresses the physical and mental condition of the narrator. 46. The following sentence contains what type of figurative language? Oh, my house burned down? That's such great news! A) Dramatic irony. B) Historical irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 47. 9 What superstition is referred to in the text? A) All black cats are the devil. B) All cats are the devil. C) All cats are witches in disguise. D) All black cats are witches in disguise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All black cats are witches in disguise. 48. What type of Poetry was he known for? A) Gothic Poetry about horror. B) Solemn Poetry about the deterioration of the mind. C) Tragic Poetry about drama. D) Poetry about nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gothic Poetry about horror. 49. The science fiction novel had a ..... plot involving time travel and parallel universes. A) Frenzy. B) Imaginative. C) Haven. D) Fanciful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fanciful. 50. What were David and Elizabeth Poe's biological parents profession? A) Directors. B) Traveling Actors. C) Writers. D) Glass Blower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traveling Actors. 51. The narrator of the story got married ..... A) Of 18 years. B) 30 years old. C) Young. D) Elderly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Young. 52. Which courses of study did Poe enroll in at the University? A) School of Ancient Languages and School of Modern Languages. B) School of Ancient Languages and School of Mathematics. C) School of Modern Languages and School of Science. D) School of Science and School of Mathematics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) School of Ancient Languages and School of Modern Languages. 53. How does the speaker feel about the bird near the end of the poem? A) Comfortable with his future. B) Sad but relieved. C) Enraged. D) Cheerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enraged. 54. "Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountain side / Desolation comes upon the sky" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN. 55. Why does the character want to kill the old man who had only one eye? A) Because this one looked awfully ugly with only one eye. B) Because he had a heart with a killer instinct. C) Because I was completely insane. D) Because his vulture eye made him extremely nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because his vulture eye made him extremely nervous. 56. "Through my silent screams / Things aren't what they seem" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN. 57. DONE AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT THINKING A) UNDERSTANDINGLY. B) WEARILY. C) HESITANTLY. D) INSTINCTIVELY. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) INSTINCTIVELY. 58. What genre did Edgar Allan Poe help create? A) Horror. B) All of the above. C) Science fiction. D) Detective novels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of the above. 59. What did Poe turn the reader into active participants in a story? A) Choose your own adventure novels. B) Virtual reality goggles. C) Hypnosis. D) Unreliable narrator (1st Person Point of View). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unreliable narrator (1st Person Point of View). 60. "Another tear, another cry / Another place for us to die" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books