This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "And every day that Satan tempts me, I try to take it in my stride" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN. 2. What did the man hurt his cat with? A) With a razor. B) With a glass. C) With a penknife. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With a penknife. 3. All in all, one thing that we can learn from the biography about Edgar Allan Poe is that he was A) Old when he died. B) Very normal. C) Very odd and unique. D) A huge Baltimore Ravens fan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very odd and unique. 4. Bonus #2:Who did Edgar Allan Poe marry when he was 27? A) Abraham Lincoln's granddaughter. B) His old babysitter. C) His 13 year old cousin. D) Harriet Tubman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His 13 year old cousin. 5. The protagonist hides the body of his wife A) Throwing himself into the river. B) Clearing it. C) Burying him in the garden. D) Walling her up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walling her up. 6. What does the narrator hope to find in his books to ease his sorrow? A) A way to forget Lenore. B) A cure for his illness. C) A message from a lost friend. D) A hidden treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A way to forget Lenore. 7. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven, " what is the last question the speaker asks the bird? A) He asks if the bird saw his love outside. B) He asks if the bird came for shelter. C) He asks if he will ever see his love again. D) He asks the bird its name. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asks if he will ever see his love again. 8. Why does the narrator become mad at the Raven toward the end of the poem? A) The Raven's answer means there is no hope for his future getting better. B) The Raven will only say "Nevermore.". C) The Raven tells him Lenore is o.k. D) The Raven won't move off of the statue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Raven's answer means there is no hope for his future getting better. 9. In a forceful, passionate or intense manner A) Audacity. B) Vexed. C) Perplexed. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vehemently. 10. What relationship does the title have with the narrative? A) The protagonist lets himself be carried away by his heart. B) The protagonist's heart was racing to the point of being heard by the police. C) The old man's heart failed and the protagonist took it out to check it. D) The sound of the heart in the protagonist's imagination made him confess the crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sound of the heart in the protagonist's imagination made him confess the crime. 11. The Cask of Amontillado:Why does Montresor want revenge on Fortunato? A) Fortunato lied to him. B) Fortunato insulted him. C) Fortunato stole from him. D) Fortunato murdered his family member. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fortunato insulted him. 12. The well and the pendulum:What is the protagonist's name? A) Peter. B) David. C) Edgar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 13. Edgar Allan Poe struggled with alcoholism A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. The author of the story A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) And Mandino. C) Luis Vargas Tejada. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 15. What was the cause of death for Poe's mother and wife? A) Pneumonia. B) Heart disease. C) Cancer. D) Tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tuberculosis. 16. What genre of literature is Poe known as the INVENTOR of? A) Detective. B) Romance. C) Poetry. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detective. 17. What mysterious and dangerous thing happens to Lady Madeline frequently? A) Her brain stops working. B) Her body stops moving. C) Her heart stops beating. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her heart stops beating. 18. Why did you adopt a new cat? A) Because it was very pretty. B) To replace the previous one. C) To make his wife happy. D) Accidentally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To replace the previous one. 19. Poe's own life and his stories are completely different. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. The protagonist is sentenced to death for ..... A) The monks of the Toledo inquisition. B) The mayor of the city of Toledo. C) General Lasalle. D) Carpenter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The monks of the Toledo inquisition. 21. Point out the most famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe: A) Al Aaraaf. B) Poems. C) The Raven. D) Annabel Lee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Raven. 22. Edgar Allan Poe was ..... and decided to move to Baltimore. A) Honed. B) Pondered. C) Impoverished. D) Enlisted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impoverished. 23. The Bad Beginning and the biography both present ideas about ..... A) Friendships. B) Honesty. C) Overcoming hardships. D) Strong family bonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overcoming hardships. 24. "She is the lighthouse in the night that will safely guide me home" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN. 25. What does the Raven symbolize in this poem? A) The speaker's grief and lonliness. B) The evil that haunts him. C) The love that he had for Lenore. D) Nature and how it affects human emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker's grief and lonliness. 26. Readers can infer from the poem's conclusion that the speaker will A) Be reunited with Lenore. B) Make his sorrow the subject of a great poem. C) Die soon. D) Never escape his despair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never escape his despair. 27. How was the woman's murder discovered? A) Because of the meowing of the cat that had been mistakenly sandwiched next to the woman. B) Because the police saw the blood. C) Because the man confessed. D) Because the neighbors saw what happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of the meowing of the cat that had been mistakenly sandwiched next to the woman. 28. Ho does the speaker eventually imagine is at the door in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" ? A) His pet bird. B) His lost love. C) His mother. D) His spirit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His lost love. 29. What killed Elizabeth Poe? (Edwards Allan Poe's mother) A) Red Death. B) Tuberculosis. C) Smallpox. D) Cholera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuberculosis. 30. Edgar Allan Poe married A) Sally. B) Emilie. C) Virginia. D) Lucy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virginia. 31. What kinds of words are separating the commas in: "I blush, I burn, I tremble" ? A) Nouns. B) Pronouns. C) Adjectives. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbs. 32. Which word means "a ghost or unreal figure?" A) Apparition. B) Felicity. C) Hide. D) Infamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apparition. 33. What is the name of Roderick Usher's twin sister? A) Madeline. B) Lenore. C) Eleanor. D) Annabel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madeline. 34. A narrator whose credibility is compromised; who is untrustworthy A) First-person narrator. B) Unreliable narrator. C) Omniscient narrator. D) Third-person narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unreliable narrator. 35. What does a raven typically symbolize? A) It doesn't mean anything. B) Good luck or good omen. C) Bad luck or bad omen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bad luck or bad omen. 36. What was the title of Poe's most famous poem? A) The Raven. B) The Gold-Bug. C) Morella. D) The Duc De L'Omelette. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Raven. 37. What do we learn about the narrator when he asks the police officers to sit and rest in the same room where he hid the body? A) He's crazy. B) It's rude. C) It's careless. D) He is confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is confident. 38. Who did Poe marry in secret? A) Elizabeth Ellet. B) Mary Devereaux. C) Virginia Clemm. D) Frances Sargent Osgood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virginia Clemm. 39. How did the old man survive? A) He didn't-the old man turned out to be a spirit. B) He held on to a barrel. C) He steered the boat directly into the heart of the maelstrom. D) He was the best swimmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He held on to a barrel. 40. What two collges did Poe attend? A) University of Virginia & West Point. B) South Point and Virginia Union University. C) NC State & Western Carolina. D) He didn't go to college?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) University of Virginia & West Point. 41. As bussy as a ..... A) Monkey. B) Bee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bee. 42. Some of Poe's most famous works: A) The crow; Police Stories; Silence. B) Berenice; The crow; The birds. C) The revealing Heart; The crow; One hundred years of Solitude. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The crow; Police Stories; Silence. 43. His poem the raven was sold for A) $ 9. B) $ 7. C) $ 10. D) $ 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $ 9. 44. Why did the protagonist kill the "old man" ? A) Because he was like a "Vulture" , he took advantage of people. B) Because he constantly insulted him. C) Since he wanted to keep his money. D) Because he hated the sound of his heartbeat. E) Because he disliked his "vulture eye.". Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Because he disliked his "vulture eye.". 45. What is his most famous poem? A) The Bells. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) The Raven. D) The Cask of Amontillado. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Raven. 46. To what genre and narrative species respectively does "The Black Cat" belong? A) Story and Narrative. B) Epic and story. C) Lyrical and ode. D) N.A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic and story. 47. What is the meaning of the word 'audacious'? A) Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. B) A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. C) The quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength. D) The visual percept of a region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. 48. What did Edgar Allan Poe's Godfather want him to learn about? A) Acting. B) Science. C) Business. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Business. 49. What is the Red Death? A) A contagious disease. B) A virus pandemic. C) A haunted castle. D) A poisonous substance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A contagious disease. 50. What happened to Lenore? A) She is missing. B) She died. C) She moved away. D) She broke up with the narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She died. 51. What information does the author not explain in William Wilson's story? A) Why didn't others notice the similarity between the two?. B) What does the death of the second William Wilson symbolize?. C) Why did the second William Wilson appear at certain times?. D) Why did the first William Wilson kill the second?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why didn't others notice the similarity between the two?. 52. Come, let the burial rite by read/ The funeral song by sung/ An anthem for the queenliest dead/ That ever died so young A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Emo lyrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 53. An unknown illness attacks Berenice's health and she deteriorates little by little, until the only part of her body that seems to remain alive are her beautiful teeth. In the previous fragment we can deduce that Berenice: A) I was on the verge of death. B) It reflected beautiful teeth. C) He looked healthy. D) A and B are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B are correct. 54. "From childhood's hour I have not been/ As others were ..... " (lines 1-2) A) Refer to being an orphan by 3. B) Refers to being separated from his brother and sister. C) Refers to how he walks with a limp. D) Refers to his bad haircut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refer to being an orphan by 3. 55. The first book published by Edgar Allan Poe was in 1827 and he did it anonymously, which has the name: A) Tamerlane and other poems. B) The storm and other poems. C) Abandonment and other poems. D) Expulsion and other poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tamerlane and other poems. 56. Poe's most well known detective character is ..... A) Auguste Dupin. B) Hercule Poirot. C) Sherlock Holmes. D) Thomas Magnum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Auguste Dupin. 57. How old was Poe when he died? A) 35. B) 27. C) 45. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 40. 58. Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house? A) The door frame. B) The mantle above the fireplace. C) A bust of Pallas. D) On the bookcase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A bust of Pallas. 59. What does the word 'pestilence' mean? A) A decree that prohibits something. B) Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. C) Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. D) Skillful in statecraft or management. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. 60. Read this famous quote by Maya Angelou:"If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.In this quote, how is you can be. correctly written? A) As it is. B) You can be.". C) You can be". D) You can be" . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You can be.". ← 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