This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In stanza 14, what does the narrator call the raven? A) Unholy. B) Wretch. C) Liar. D) Beast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wretch. 2. What term matches this definition? To think out or plan (an action, especially a crime) beforehand A) Impulsive. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Premeditate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Premeditate. 3. It was in the white room where stood the prince, with a group of pale courtiers by his side. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 4. What is night-tide? A) Clouds forming at night. B) Relatives. C) Winter. D) An old fashionedway of saying nighttime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An old fashionedway of saying nighttime. 5. What was changed about the old man after his experience? A) He lost a leg. B) He lost his vision. C) He could see the future. D) His hair was pure white. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His hair was pure white. 6. Why didn't he want the new cat? A) Why was I afraid of him?. B) For stinky. C) Why did he meow a lot?. D) Because I had fleas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why was I afraid of him?. 7. How does the Narrator in "The Raven" react when he first sees the raven? A) Uninterested. B) Angry. C) Curious. D) Scared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curious. 8. Ligeia ..... What events happen that night when he was watching over the inert body of the new wife? A) The corpse's cheeks turn a slight reddish color. B) He hears a soft sigh come from the inert body. C) The corpse begins to move trying to free itself from its shroud, revealing its black hair. D) The narrator discovers that that figure and those eyes that look at him belong to his dead wife Ligeia. E) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All are correct. 9. What is the central message of the poem 'Alone'? A) The poem is about the joys of solitude and being alone. B) The central message of the poem is about the importance of socializing and being surrounded by others. C) The poem explores the theme of love and romance. D) The feeling of isolation and the struggle to find connection with others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The feeling of isolation and the struggle to find connection with others. 10. When was hid birthday? A) October 7, 1949. B) October 7, 1849. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) October 7, 1849. 11. It is a topic covered in the text, except: A) Pictorial art. B) Insomnia. C) Heartbreak. D) Ingratitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ingratitude. 12. In "The Fall of the House of Usher", after Madeline died, A) Usher wrote a letter to his father. B) The narrator wento out to pick flowers. C) She was given a funeral at the chapel. D) She was placed in an iron casket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was given a funeral at the chapel. 13. As solid as a ..... A) Rock. B) Piece of cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rock. 14. How did he hide his wife's body? A) He dismembered him. B) He dug a grave in the yard. C) He walled up the body in the basement. D) He threw it into the well in the yard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He walled up the body in the basement. 15. What family adopted Edward Allan Poe? A) Mr. and Mrs. Hall. B) Mr. and Mrs. David Allan. C) Mr. and Mrs. John Allan. D) Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. and Mrs. John Allan. 16. Poe is considered to be the inventor of the modern ..... A) Horror stories. B) Gothic novel. C) Black novel. D) Detective stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Detective stories. 17. What does the word 'perceptive' mean? A) A break or intermission in the occurrence of something. B) Having or showing sensitive insight. C) Spread or diffuse through. D) Acting with or showing care and thought for the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having or showing sensitive insight. 18. Why does the protagonist believe that he is not crazy? A) He coherently exposes his perfect crime plan. B) He managed to hide his intention from the old man. C) I manage to remember everything he did. D) He thinks he's smarter than the police. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He coherently exposes his perfect crime plan. 19. He left the school because of debts he had ..... A) Incurred. B) Whodunits. C) Thrown-out. D) Literary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incurred. 20. What are some topics the poem touches on? A) Death, love, loss of a loved one. B) Friendship, heaven, and life after death. C) Loyalty, kindness, and patience. D) Depths of the sea, tombs, and angels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death, love, loss of a loved one. 21. What does the line "That holy dream-that holy dream" suggest about the speaker's attitude towards the dream? A) The speaker dismisses the dream as unimportant. B) The dream holds deep significance for the speaker. C) The dream is seen as a mere illusion. tagsRL.4. D) The speaker is critical of the dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dream holds deep significance for the speaker. 22. "I gazed awhile / On her cold smile" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. 23. The Raven:When does the poem take place? A) December. B) June. C) February. D) October. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) December. 24. The community came together to ..... the tragic loss of several members in a car accident. A) Wound. B) Grieve. C) Stir. D) Tart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grieve. 25. Indicate which one is not the work of Edgar Allan Poe A) The premature burial. B) Hop-Frog. C) The Cats of Ulthar. D) Berenice. E) The Masque of the Red Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Cats of Ulthar. 26. When we understand that "Here without a name forever", it means that "Leonora has died" we are doing a Level reading. A) Literal. B) Inferential. C) Textual critic. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inferential. 27. In what year did Edgar Allan Poe die? A) 1849. B) 1847. C) 1860. D) 1855. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1849. 28. Which title tells most about the story? A) Toby's Terrible Mother. B) The Day I met the Devil. C) The Sad Life and Death of Toby. D) The Reform of a Betting Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Sad Life and Death of Toby. 29. Poe was fired as a magazine editor for ..... A) Poor writing ability. B) Arguing with his boss. C) Drinking at work. D) Being mentally unstable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drinking at work. 30. Ligeia ..... When the new wife drinks the glass of wine, what does the narrator observe falling into it? A) A few drops of ruby colored liquid. B) The shadow of a ghost. C) An almost invisible dark liquid. D) A horrible horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A few drops of ruby colored liquid. 31. And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 32. Was he adopted by a nice family? A) No, he wasn't. B) Yes, he was. C) No, she wasn't. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, he was. 33. The crow is a poem A) Narrative. B) Epic. C) Dissertation. D) Lyrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative. 34. What is the unity of effect that Poe aimed to achieve in his stories? A) A feeling of fear. B) A sense of mystery. C) An intense and singular experience. D) A moral lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An intense and singular experience. 35. As brave as a ..... A) The pope. B) Lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lion. 36. In The Ball of the Red Death, the narrator is A) Narrator character. B) Non-omniscient observer narrator. C) Omniscient observed narrator. D) Mixed narrator (character and observer). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omniscient observed narrator. 37. The chef demonstrated some ..... cooking techniques for the beginners. A) Elementary. B) Stir. C) Frenzy. D) Fanciful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elementary. 38. Why does the narrator want to kill the man? A) The old man hurt him. B) The old man's eye bothers him. C) The narrator wants his gold. D) The narrator hates the old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The old man's eye bothers him. 39. " "And all I loved-I loved alone" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. 40. "Calling out across the line / All the voices in my mind" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN. 41. Which detail would be most important to include in a summary of the article? A) Poe was born in Boston and never really knew his parents. B) Poe was known for criticizing other writers' work in his magazine. C) Poe worked at a number of different magazines in many different cities. D) Poe was found ill in Baltimore and died in the hospital a few days later. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poe was known for criticizing other writers' work in his magazine. 42. In the fragment, the word "angry" is used to mean:I did not pursue any purpose. Nor was he angry. A) Sick. B) Driven by anger. C) Doubtful. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Driven by anger. 43. Which word means "irreversible or something that cannot be changed?" A) Irrevocable. B) Repose. C) Pertinacity. D) Primitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irrevocable. 44. What are carved pumpkins called? A) Jack-o'-lanterns. B) Vampire bats. C) Frankenstein's monsters. D) Witch's brew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jack-o'-lanterns. 45. How did the faculty at the University of Virginia discipline students? A) Severely, punishing students for drunkenness and gambling. B) Leniently, allowing students to engage in any behavior. C) By expelling students for minor infractions. D) By ignoring student misconduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Severely, punishing students for drunkenness and gambling. 46. True or False:Edgar Allan Poe purposely writes in vocabulary that creates a negative connotation (feeling) for his audience. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. John Allan and Edgar had a strong relationship throughout his life A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 48. "For that bright hope at last / And that light time have past" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. 49. Word choice, punctuation, structure A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Setting. D) Point-of-view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 50. What was Edgar Allan Poe's Cause of death? A) Tuberculosis. B) Covid 19. C) Alcoholism. D) No one really knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No one really knows. 51. What happened to the cat after his wife was murdered? A) Attacked him. B) It got lost. C) He killed him too. D) He continued in the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It got lost. 52. He was NEVER an athlete, he is very WEAK A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 53. Genre that places emphasis on intense emotion, fear, terror and death A) Old English. B) Realistic Fiction. C) Romance. D) Gothic Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gothic Literature. 54. In 1827 he published his first book which was a book of ..... A) Essays. B) Documentaries. C) Short stories. D) Poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poems. 55. Imagine Jackson, Ethan, and Kai are in a Spanish class. They come across the word 'estatal' in the fourth stanza of a poem they are studying. Can you help them figure out what 'estatal' means? A) Dignified. B) Neglected. C) Sad. D) Funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dignified. 56. Which character lost the card? A) A strange royal lady. B) Prefect G. C) Dolphin. D) Minister D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A strange royal lady. 57. What was Edgar Allan Poe's occupation before his death? A) Soldier. B) Poet. C) Journalist. D) Critic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Critic. 58. What is the narrator pondering over? A) Books. B) Lenore. C) Unknown sorrows. D) Forgotten lore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgotten lore. 59. The story is told in A) In first person. B) Third person. C) By an external narrator. D) In second person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In first person. 60. What is the narrator of the poem doing when the poem starts? A) Napping. B) Singing. C) Playing chess. D) Eating. 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