This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by representing society in his works through symbolism in his characters and in the settings in which his stories take place. In the story "The Black Cat" we can see the following symbols: A) The cat, body position and the moon. B) The moon, Pluto and Saturn. C) The basement, the cat with a white chest and the burning house. D) The burned house, the moon and the cat with a red spot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The basement, the cat with a white chest and the burning house. 2. Which of the decorations in the house does the narrator find most interesting? A) The paintings. B) The black velvet curtains. C) The carpets. D) Heraldic trophies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The paintings. 3. What elements did Poe say every short story should have? A) It should be able to be read in one sitting. B) Every word must contribute to its purpose. C) Both A and B. D) Neither A nor B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 4. What was the first work published by Edgar Allan Poe and what year was it? A) Tamerlane and other poems-1827. B) Al Aaraaf-1824. C) The Raven-1829. D) Annabel Lee-1832. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tamerlane and other poems-1827. 5. "I must not only punish, but punish with impunity." What does impunity mean? A) To prevent. B) Freedom from punishment. C) Approach and speak to. D) Ask earnestly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freedom from punishment. 6. COMPLETELY OR ENTIRELY A) Thoroughly. B) Wearily. C) Enthusiastically. D) Hesitantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thoroughly. 7. What is the synonym of "intoxicated" ? A) Cold. B) Borracho. C) Soggy. D) Sober. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Borracho. 8. Annabel Lee:What is the poem's topic? A) Marriage to your loved one. B) The death of a loved one. C) The problems of getting along with your in-laws. D) The danger of living too close to the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The death of a loved one. 9. What did Edgar Allan POE do for a living? A) He was a writer and a candle maker. B) He was a writer and an actor. C) He was a writer and a literary critic. D) He was a writer and an executioner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was a writer and a literary critic. 10. The Cask of Amontillado:Where does The Cask of Amontillado take place? A) England. B) America. C) Spain. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italy. 11. What were Poe's last words? A) "My sweet Annabel Lee" . B) "Goodbye world.". C) "Lord, help my poor soul.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Lord, help my poor soul.". 12. Awkward and clumsy A) Cunning. B) Surcease. C) Undaunted. D) Ungainly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ungainly. 13. What question is most important to the speaker? A) Is there any way to remove his grief?. B) Will he ever see Lenore again?. C) Will the raven stay all night?. D) Will he ever love again?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will he ever see Lenore again?. 14. Edgar Allan Poe had a good relationship with his foster father. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 15. Who detected George's death? A) The dog. B) The cats. C) The old lady. D) The bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cats. 16. What is the definition of internal rhyme? A) A story that reveals a hidden meaning. B) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words. C) Words that rhyme within one line. D) Language and description that appeals to the five senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Words that rhyme within one line. 17. As quick as a ..... A) Water. B) Lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lightning. 18. What happened to Poe's mother, adopted mother, and wife? A) They all died from tuberculosis. B) They all lived happy lives. C) They became rich. D) Nothing happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They all died from tuberculosis. 19. What happens to Madeline Usher? A) She dies and is entombed in the family vault. B) She recovers from her illness. C) She leaves the House of Usher. D) She leaves the House of Usher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She dies and is entombed in the family vault. 20. What was the title of Edgar Allan Poe's first book? A) The Fall of the House of Usher. B) The Cask of Amontillado. C) The Raven. D) Tamarlane and Other Poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tamarlane and Other Poems. 21. When the narrator hits the wall, what happens? A) A weird sound comes from behind the wall. B) The wall crumbles. C) The cane breaks. D) The narrator drops the cane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A weird sound comes from behind the wall. 22. Not intimidated or discouraged by difficult circumstances A) Insoluble. B) Cunning. C) Undaunted. D) Importunate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Undaunted. 23. What is the physical environment of the work? A) A haunted house. B) A school. C) A psychiatric office. D) Una oficina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A psychiatric office. 24. Choose the answer. Read the passage:While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, Identify the effect of the alliteration in this passage. A) The word tapping is a sound word. B) The words napping and tapping rhyme. C) The words nodded, nearly napping are right next to each other and are stressed. D) The words nodded, nearly napping suggest a person's head drifting off to sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The words nodded, nearly napping suggest a person's head drifting off to sleep. 25. What is the definition of imagery? A) A story that reveals a hidden meaning. B) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words. C) Lines ending in words that rhyme. D) Language and description that appeals to the five senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Language and description that appeals to the five senses. 26. What is the meaning of the word 'obstinate'? A) The visual percept of a region. B) Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so. C) The quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength. D) A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so. 27. What is his most famous book? A) The Raven. B) The black cat. C) The Fall of the House of Usher. D) Manuscript found in a bottle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The black cat. 28. What colour was the cat? A) Black and white. B) All black. C) All white. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All black. 29. What is the definition of the word TUMULTUOUS? A) Stop oneself from doing something. B) Make someone feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters. C) Making a loud, confused noise. D) The state of being private and away from other people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making a loud, confused noise. 30. Popular belief considers all black cats to be: A) Witches in disguise. B) Witches' pets. C) Dangerous pets. D) Of good luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Witches in disguise. 31. How does the narrator find out about the story of the painter and the portrait? A) His assistant told it to him. B) He read it from a book that contained criticism and analysis of the paintings. C) He read it on the back of the four. D) For a dream he had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He read it from a book that contained criticism and analysis of the paintings. 32. What was in the boat that Jupiter was carrying? A) A scythe and three shovels. B) Three shovels and a lantern. C) Three shovels and a trunk. D) A scythe and an axe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A scythe and three shovels. 33. Which word means "very smart, having good judgement? A) Sagacious. B) Infamy. C) Pertinacity. D) Conspicuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sagacious. 34. Which phrase best sums up Poe's guiding principle for writing fiction? A) Shock and Awe. B) Unity of Effect. C) The Iceberg Principle. D) Deep Hidden Meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unity of Effect. 35. What illness did Edgar Allan Poe's wife Virginia die from? A) Tuberculosis. B) Heart Disease. C) Cancer. D) Pneumonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tuberculosis. 36. In what way did the speaker love? A) Passionately. B) Surrounded by all his friends. C) Alone. D) He didn't love anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alone. 37. What is the primary cause of Roderick Usher's anxiety? A) A mysterious illness. B) Financial troubles. C) The decay of the mansion. D) The impending death of Madeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The impending death of Madeline. 38. Which word means "freedom from punishment or consequences?" A) Infamy. B) Pertinacity. C) Impunity. D) Atrocity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impunity. 39. What is the modern tradition of trick-or-treating based on? A) Leaving food outside to scare away ghosts. B) Eating treats left outside by others. C) Collecting candy from neighbors. D) Playing pranks on Halloween night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eating treats left outside by others. 40. The lover, who has often identified himself as a student, mourns the loss of his beloved, Leonora. In history we can conclude that: A) Leonora and the student are happy. B) Leonora dies. C) The student is very intelligent. D) The student is loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leonora dies. 41. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven, " how does the speaker describe the bird by the end of the poem? A) Like a companion. B) Like a messenger from heaven. C) Like a stately creature. D) Like a demon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Like a demon. 42. How does the Raven respond to the narrator's questions about the possibility of seeing Lenore in the afterlife? A) It provides a hopeful answer. B) It remains silent. C) It repeats 'Nevermore.'. D) It offers a comforting response. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It repeats 'Nevermore.'. 43. What was "drawn" in the speaker's childhood? A) A mystery. B) A picture of Edgar Allan Poe's mother. C) A bucket of water. D) An ace of spades. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A mystery. 44. At first encounter, the speaker's reaction to the Raven is- A) Fear. B) Amusement. C) Anger. D) Revulsion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amusement. 45. Which of the following is not the theme of the poem? A) Never give up. B) Chase your dreams. C) Set high goals. D) Chasing dreams is futile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chasing dreams is futile. 46. How did the narrator feel about this animal? A) He was indifferent. B) He started hating it. C) He started loving it very much. D) He forgot about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He started hating it. 47. This is the way he disposed of the body: A) He threw it into the garden well. B) He put it in a box to be transported. C) He walled him up in the basement. D) He fragmented the corpse and threw the pieces into the fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He walled him up in the basement. 48. The following sentence contains what type of figurative language? He was as hungry as a lion. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 49. What is Poe's most famous piece? A) Eleonora. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) The Raven. D) The Gold-Bug. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Raven. 50. When the author wrote the story he was probably feeling A) Scornful. B) Humorous. C) Down-hearted. D) Sincere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humorous. 51. What is he famous for? A) Horror and mystery. B) Love and history. C) Love at first sight. D) Detective Conan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horror and mystery. 52. To make someone feel annoyed or frustrated A) Vex. B) Acute. C) Surcease. D) Importunate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vex. 53. Why Edgar Allan Poe associated so strongly with the city of Baltimore, Maryland? A) It's where he met his wife Virginia. B) It's where he died. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 54. "Sending letters we shall converse" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN. 55. What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" who the author pines for? A) Fly. B) Lydia. C) Lenora. D) Lorelei. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lenora. 56. What did the narrator like most when he was a child? A) Toys. B) Animals. C) Zoos. D) Sweets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals. 57. The painter is characterized by being a person. A) Ambitious, passionate and strange, who seeks perfection, but misses reality. B) Ambitious, as she seeks perfection in her painting. C) Ambitious, because he only seeks to be recognized as the best painter. D) Ambitious, submissive and famous, for her work as a painter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambitious, passionate and strange, who seeks perfection, but misses reality. 58. What type of narrator does Edgar Allan Poe use in "The Black Cat" ? A) First person narrator. B) Limited third person narrator. C) Second person narrator. D) Third-person omniscient narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person narrator. 59. An analogous apothegm to what happens in paragraph 6 is: A) "The end justifies the means" (Machiavelli). B) "Man fears death because he loves life." (Dostoevsky). C) "Life cannot be defined without death" (Ehrenberg). D) "The life of the dead is in the memory of the living" (Cicero). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Life cannot be defined without death" (Ehrenberg). 60. Who is jealous of his love with Annabel Lee? A) His parents. B) The angels. C) His foster-father. D) None of above. 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