This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did Allan withdraw Poe from the University? A) Poe's debts in Charlottesville were unpaid. B) Poe was not performing well academically. C) Allan wanted Poe to pursue a different career. D) Allan needed Poe's help in Richmond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poe's debts in Charlottesville were unpaid. 2. A room used primarily for sleeping A) Chamber. B) Enchanted. C) Entreat. D) Bust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chamber. 3. Which of the following of Poe's work made him a household name? A) "The Raven". B) "The Cask of Amontillado". C) "The Tell-Tale Heart". D) "The Fall of the House of Usher". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Raven". 4. "But our love it was stronger by far than the love of those who were older than we-of many far wiser than we" A) The Raven. B) The Tell-Tale Heart. C) Annabel Lee. D) The Cask of Amontillado. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annabel Lee. 5. What illness does the protagonist have? A) Scurvy. B) Schizophrenia. C) Catalepsy. D) Dementia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catalepsy. 6. How did the drawing of a skull appear on the ancient scroll? A) It appeared when cleaning the remains of dirt. B) It appeared when the scroll was brought close to the fire. C) Jupiter had drawn it years before. D) The sleepwalking Legrand himself had drawn it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It appeared when the scroll was brought close to the fire. 7. Approximately how many theories are there concerning Poe's death A) 15. B) 20. C) 3. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20. 8. He worked for a ..... magazine. A) Whodunits. B) Incurred. C) Literary. D) Impoverished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literary. 9. Mentally ill; insane A) Macabre. B) Waned. C) Demented. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demented. 10. Where is the narrator writing this story? A) A bar. B) An office. C) The library. D) A cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A cell. 11. What happened to the character's character after the arrival of Pluto? A) Day by day he became more irritable and indifferent to feelings. B) He became violent with his wife. C) He became distracted and sensitive. D) Answers 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He became violent with his wife. 12. Birthplace of Poe: A) Canada. B) Madrid. C) Mexico. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USA. 13. "Your soul could never grow old, it's evergreen" A) ED SHEERAN. B) EDGAR ALLAN POE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ED SHEERAN. 14. James, Evelyn, and Avery are having a debate about a poem they read in class. They are stuck on the meaning of the word 'entreating' in the second stanza. Can you help them out? A) Dancing. B) Singing. C) Ignoring. D) Pleading for. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pleading for. 15. What did Griswold do AFTER Poe's death to make Poe look bad? A) Invented details. B) Wrote fake letters. C) Wrote unfavorably about him. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. Why did William Legrand leave New Orleans and go to Sullivan's Island? A) So that no one would know him. B) For a change of scenery. C) To look for the love of your life. D) For health reasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So that no one would know him. 17. WERE THE HALLS OF THE DEATH MASK CHARACTERIZED BY? A) HERBS. B) EMOTIONS. C) COLORES. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) COLORES. 18. Being horrifying, having to do with death A) Wretched. B) Succinctly. C) Atrocity. D) Macabre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macabre. 19. What was Edgar Allan Poe's mother's profession? A) Dancer. B) Artist. C) Singer. D) Actress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Actress. 20. Who adopted Edgar when his mother died? A) Mr. and Mrs. George Graham. B) Mr. and Mrs. John Allan. C) Mr. and Mrs. Clemm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. and Mrs. John Allan. 21. "Search narrowly the lines!-they hold a treasure" Who is Poe talking to? A) To the woman. B) To the woman's husband. C) To the reader. D) To himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To the reader. 22. What genre did he write? A) Romance. B) Horror. C) Detective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detective. 23. What is the origin of Halloween? A) Ancient Greek festival. B) Ancient Celtic festival. C) Ancient Egyptian festival. D) Ancient Roman festival. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ancient Celtic festival. 24. Madeline is buried alive. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 25. Poe is also known as the master of what? A) Macabre. B) Music. C) Macarena. D) Macaroni. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macabre. 26. What does the word 'sagacious' mean? A) Skillful in statecraft or management. B) Spread or diffuse through. C) Lacking spontaneity; not natural. D) A break or intermission in the occurrence of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skillful in statecraft or management. 27. What is the purpose of the narrator's experiment on Mr. Valdemar? A) To test the limits of hypnosis. B) To communicate with spirits. C) To cure his illness. D) To induce a state of suspended animation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To induce a state of suspended animation. 28. According to the content of the stories read, it can be said that the main themes on which the author bases his work are: A) Life, joy, pain. B) Pain, death and the supernatural. C) Love, pain, joy. D) The joy, the supernatural, the bitterness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pain, death and the supernatural. 29. Edgar Allan Poe wrote A) The raven. B) The flying dutchman. C) The Tell-Tale Stomach. D) The Pit and the Pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The raven. 30. He ..... in the United States Army in 1827. A) Impoverished. B) Pondered. C) Enlisted. D) Honed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enlisted. 31. Which word means "to weaken or grow less intense?" A) Repose. B) Subside. C) Conspicuous. D) Sagacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subside. 32. Poe's legacy can be seen in all of the following areas: A) Horror genre, Science-Fiction, Theater. B) Literary criticism, Romanticism, Action genre, Poetry. C) Detective story, Horror genre, Science-Fiction, Literary criticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detective story, Horror genre, Science-Fiction, Literary criticism. 33. What is a typical setting in a gothic tale? A) An exotic country in the Middle East or the Far East. B) An urban area, swarming with people. C) There is no distinctive setting as the hero constantly moves from one place to another. D) A bleak and remote place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A bleak and remote place. 34. Which sound device uses a pattern of rhyme? A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme. 35. Before murdering him, how many nights did the narrator go to the old man's room? A) 8. B) 5. C) 7. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 36. In the second stanza of "Eldorado, " the author uses the shadow to represent- A) Boredom. B) Despair. C) Sorrow. D) Shame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despair. 37. Who is the actor in the movie IT? A) Sfeten king. B) Sployu king. C) Tu. D) IT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sfeten king. 38. Why is Edgar Allan Poe considered one of the greatest American authors? A) His popularity in horror genre. B) His attention to form and style. C) His use of supernatural elements. D) His exploration of love and guilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His attention to form and style. 39. What is the main theme of the short story The Revealing Heart A) The teenage years. B) The madness. C) Love. D) To melancholy. E) The death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The madness. 40. The architect's ..... design turned a boring building into a work of art. A) Imaginative. B) Elementary. C) Tart. D) Haven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imaginative. 41. Identify the ADVERB in this sentence: "Susan B. Anthony fought tirelessly for women's voting rights." A) Tirelessly. B) Susan B. Anthony. C) Voting. D) Fought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tirelessly. 42. Francisco Jimenez was a ..... A) Hairdresser. B) Migrant worker. C) Child author. D) Farmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Migrant worker. 43. The following sentence contains what type of figurative language? These events have terrified, have tortured, have destroyed me. A) Verbal irony. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 44. To experience something in an intense way A) Suavity. B) Vehemently. C) Sagacity. D) Acute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acute. 45. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Philosophy of Composition, " how does Poe say he creates contrast in the portrayal of the bird in "The Raven" ? A) The bird talks a lot at first, and then it refuses to answer questions. B) The bird's entrance is almost comical, and then it becomes ominous. C) The bird's appearance is startling at first, and then it becomes commonplace. D) The bird begins with kind news, and then it delves into sad news. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bird's entrance is almost comical, and then it becomes ominous. 46. During his life, Poe was engaged to two different women named ..... A) Annabel. B) Linda. C) Sarah. D) Molly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah. 47. How were your stories different than Edgar Allan Poe's story? A) Our stories were more scary. B) Our stories were more sad. C) Our stories were more serious. D) Our stories were more silly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Our stories were more silly. 48. The three characters dug a big hole. What did they find there? A) Absolutely nothing. B) A treasure. C) A wooden coffin. D) A beetle nest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absolutely nothing. 49. Who can be blamed for the made up rumors about Poe after death? A) Reynold. B) Joseph Snodgrass. C) Rufus Griswold. D) Joseph Walker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rufus Griswold. 50. What is one of the reasons why Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the greatest American authors? A) His popularity in the horror genre. B) His attention to form and style. C) His use of supernatural elements. D) His clear moral messages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His attention to form and style. 51. Dressed in a fashion that's fitting to the inconsistencies of my moods A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Emo lyrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emo lyrics. 52. What did the protagonist feel after killing the first cat? A) Only satisfaction. B) Remorse. C) Just blame. D) N.A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) N.A. 53. When the cops are about to leave, what does the narrator do? A) He tells the truth to the police officers. B) He pushes a cop down the stairs. C) He hits the wall with his cane. D) He offers them coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He hits the wall with his cane. 54. Is the speaker's conflict resolved at the end of the poem? A) Yes, he has come to grips with his loss and grief. B) No, he will continue to be unhappy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, he will continue to be unhappy. 55. What is the true darkness that Poe's stories explore? A) The human mind and its propensity for self-destruction. B) The supernatural elements in the world. C) The mysteries of love and grief. D) The paradoxes of guilt and innocence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The human mind and its propensity for self-destruction. 56. The poet wrote his first poems in A) 1823. B) 1824. C) 1820. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1823. 57. Which novella did Poe receive the most money for as a single work? A) Golden Beetle. B) Raven. C) Tamerlane. D) Murder in the Rue Morgue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raven. 58. What is the meaning of the word 'quixotic'? A) Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. B) The visual percept of a region. C) The quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength. D) A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. 59. Poe is considered the creator of what genre? A) Science fiction. B) Detective novel. C) Adventure novel. D) Horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detective novel. 60. What hospital did Poe die at? A) Washington University. B) Wake Forest. C) Cleveland Regional. D) None of above. 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