This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings or character A) Demented. B) Dastardly. C) Disturb. D) Concealment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concealment. 2. How does the narrator get caught? A) He tells the truth to the police officers. B) The cat's ghost leads the police officers to the body. C) He tells something to the police officers and there is a horrible cry. D) The police officers found some blood and follow the trail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He tells something to the police officers and there is a horrible cry. 3. The lord changed because A) His wife's heartbreak. B) The aggressiveness of animals. C) Intolerance and intransigence. D) The violence of their parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intolerance and intransigence. 4. What is the definition of REFRAIN? A) Making a loud, confused noise. B) The state of being private and away from other people. C) Stop oneself from doing something. D) Find something out for certain; make sure of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stop oneself from doing something. 5. When he entered the army he was called A) Edgar Allan John. B) Edgar Allan Poe. C) Edgar Allan David. D) Edgar Allan Perry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edgar Allan Perry. 6. How does he hide it? A) He embeds it in the wall. B) He buries it. C) He leaves it in the cellar, on the floor. D) He hides it in the basement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He embeds it in the wall. 7. With what object did he pop one of the cat's eyes? A) A pocket knife. B) A knife. C) Scissors. D) We do not know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A pocket knife. 8. What did Poe's parents do for a living? A) Lawyers. B) Doctors. C) Unemplyed. D) Traveling actors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traveling actors. 9. The Tell-Tale Heart:What bothers the narrator about the old man? A) His clouded eye. B) His wrinkled face. C) His grumpy disposition. D) His wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His clouded eye. 10. Where did the narrator find the new pet? A) In an abandoned house. B) In a drinking-house. C) In the street. D) In a garbage can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a drinking-house. 11. What did the beetle's spots look like? A) To a woman's face. B) To a skull. C) At a cross. D) To a heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To a skull. 12. The main character in a gothic tale ..... A) Rejects his/her personality. B) Tends to influence the others into making dangerous decisions. C) Doesn't know much about his/her family. D) Experiences physical or psychological torments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experiences physical or psychological torments. 13. What NFL Football Team is named after one of Poe's poems? A) The Texas Oilers. B) The Clevland Browns. C) The Boston Red Socks. D) The Baltimore Ravens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Baltimore Ravens. 14. What did Poe compare his writing process to in "The Raven" ? A) A mission. B) Brain surgery. C) A math problem. D) A mind trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A math problem. 15. What is the theme of the poem 'The Raven'? A) Love and loss. B) Friendship and loyalty. C) Hope and optimism. D) Fear and darkness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love and loss. 16. What is the speaker's point of view in both poems? A) Third-Person Omniscient. B) Third person limited to narrator. C) Third person limited to Annabel Lee. D) First-Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First-Person. 17. What led the narrator to look for another cat with the appearance similar to Pluto? A) The fear. B) The revenge. C) The remorse. D) Loneliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The remorse. 18. The Tell-Tale Heart:Why do the police officers show up at the end of the story? A) They suspected the narrator was guilty of murder. B) The old man had filed a complaint against the narrator. C) The narrator called to turn himself in. D) The neighbors called because they heard a suspicious noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The neighbors called because they heard a suspicious noise. 19. What was the last work published by Edgar Allan Poe? A) You are my uncle. B) The barrel of amontillado. C) Eureka. D) The Raven and Other Poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eureka. 20. What is the meaning of the word 'stoic'? A) The visual percept of a region. B) A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining. 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) A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining. 21. When does the poem take place? A) June. B) February. C) December. D) Halloween. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) December. 22. Who is this poem for? A) For a woman he fell in love with. B) For his daughter. C) For his wife. D) For a married woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For a married woman. 23. The following sentence contains what type of figurative language? I haven't been there in a million years. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 24. What is the main theme of 'The Well and the Pendulum'? A) Love and happiness. B) Terror and anguish. C) Adventure and excitement. D) Comedy and fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terror and anguish. 25. Imagine Liam, Kai, and Daniel are on a treasure hunt. They stumble upon a 'lattice' in the third stanza of their clue. What could this 'lattice' possibly mean? A) A toy that Liam might play with. B) A type of food that Daniel might eat. C) A type of bird that Kai might spot. D) A crisscross structure that could be a part of their map. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A crisscross structure that could be a part of their map. 26. To bring to an end A) Undaunted. B) Ungainly. C) Vex. D) Surcease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surcease. 27. Being without parents A) Honed. B) Incurred. C) Enlisted. D) Orphaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orphaned. 28. What was the condition of the room in which the narrator stayed? A) Abandoned and in ruins. B) Small with fancy but worn out things. C) Modern and luxurious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small with fancy but worn out things. 29. What is the birthplace of Edgar Allan Poe? A) London. B) Baltimore. C) Boston. D) Chicago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boston. 30. Under whose guardianship did Edgar Allan Poe go to Virginia? A) Elizabeth Poe. B) David Poe. C) Maria Clem. D) John Allen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Allen. 31. When the raven continues to only say "Nevermore", how does the narrator respond? A) He kills the bird. B) He grows increasingly frustrated. C) Accuses the bird of lying. D) He laughs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He grows increasingly frustrated. 32. When Toby was small, his mother A) Beat him. B) Gave him too much candy. C) Sent him away. D) Made him do all the cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beat him. 33. What did he see on the wall that didn't burn down? A) He saw a photo of his wife. B) He saw a bag of money. C) He saw the shape of a cat hung by its neck. D) He saw a burned poster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He saw the shape of a cat hung by its neck. 34. The Golden Beetle:Who is Jupiter? A) A planet. B) Friend. C) The slave. D) A narrator. E) The protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The slave. 35. In The Tell-Tale Heart, at what time did the protagonist observe the old man while he was sleeping? A) At 5 am. B) At 12 am. C) At 3 a.m. D) At 12 p.m. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At 12 am. 36. How many people were in attendance at Poe's funeral? A) Many. B) Few. C) None. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Few. 37. What is the setting of the poem? A) A kingdom by the sea. B) A dark and scary forest. C) An old abandoned castle. D) In the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A kingdom by the sea. 38. Popular belief considers all cats ..... A) Dangerous pets. B) Witches' pets. C) Of good luck. D) Metamorphosed witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metamorphosed witches. 39. His wife died because of A) Heart attack. B) Coughing. C) Stomach pain. D) Tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tuberculosis. 40. "It is this, " I answered, producing a trowel from beneath the folds of my cloak." A) The Cask of Amontillado. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) Annabel Lee. D) The Raven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Cask of Amontillado. 41. The Raven:What is the man's first thought when he hears the tapping? A) "Lenore is at the door.". B) "Someone is at the door.". C) "A Raven is at the window.". D) "Death is at my doorstep.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Someone is at the door.". 42. The protagonist defines himself as: A) A terribly nervous man. B) Someone with excessive acuity of senses. C) The person with the sharpest hearing of all. D) Someone very cautious and prudent. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 43. Abigail, Maya, and Lily were having a lively discussion about a poem they read in class. Can you guess what they pondered about in the first stanza? A) Did they go for a walk?. B) Did they sleep?. C) Did they eat something?. D) Did they think about something?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did they think about something?. 44. [BONUS]What type of horror is the story based on? A) Gothic horror. B) Psychological horror. C) Cosmic horror. D) Fantastic horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychological horror. 45. What are Poe's two main rules for short stories? A) Must be long enough to read in one sitting and every word must contribute to its purpose. B) Must be short enough to read in one sitting and every word must contribute to its purpose. C) Must be long enough to read in multiple sittings and every word must contribute to its purpose. D) Must be short enough to read in multiple sittings and every word must contribute to its purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Must be short enough to read in one sitting and every word must contribute to its purpose. 46. At what age did both of Edgar Allan Poe's parents die? A) 8. B) 2. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 47. What does the raven symbolize? A) Wisdom. B) Birds. C) Sorrow. D) Heaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sorrow. 48. Where does the bird perch itself in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" ? A) On a velvet chair. B) On the bust of Pallas. C) On the window lattice. D) On Lenore's urn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the bust of Pallas. 49. A violent wind, commotion or disturbance A) Stern. B) Chamber. C) Apt. D) Tempest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tempest. 50. Identify the VERB in this sentence: "Edgar Allan Poe wrote poems and stories." A) Wrote. B) Edgar Allan Poe. C) Stories. D) Poems and stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 51. How did Pluto die? A) The narrator hung it on a tree. B) The narrator three it out the window. C) The narrator stabbed it with a knife. D) The narrator strangled it with his hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The narrator hung it on a tree. 52. At what age did Edgar Allan Poe die? A) 40. B) 60. C) 30. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 40. 53. How many times was the protagonist, who was considered a heretic, saved from death? A) Was not saved. B) 2. C) 1. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 54. There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which can not be touched without emotion. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. In the poem, the bust of Pallas is a symbol of- A) Grief. B) Stupidity. C) Intelligence. D) Peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intelligence. 56. What did the headlines say that caught the attention of Dupin and his companion? A) "MURDERER IS NOT HUMAN". B) "MYSTERIOUS CASE IN THE L'Espanaye MANSION". C) "UNSOLVED CRIME". D) "EXTRAORDINARY CRIMES". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "MYSTERIOUS CASE IN THE L'Espanaye MANSION". 57. What happens to the Raven at the end of the story? A) It flies away. B) It disappears. C) It turns into a human. D) It stays on the bust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It stays on the bust. 58. Edgar Allan Poe's childhood experiences had a strong impact on his writing. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. "Swung by SERAPHIM whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor" (80) A) Bird. B) Demon. C) Collection of knowledge. D) Angel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Angel. 60. The sonorous element in "The Raven" is A) Or. B) Ut. C) Peeing. D) Ea. 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