This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 23 (33 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How old was Edgar Allan Poe when his parents died? A) 4 years. B) 1 year. C) 2 years. D) 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3 years. 2. A difficult undertaking or job A) Generate. B) Task. C) Devise. D) Atrocity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Task. 3. Annabel Lee:The poem's theme concerns feelings of- A) Delight. B) Love and loss. C) Anger. D) Regret. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love and loss. 4. How long does Mr. Valdemar remain in the state of suspended animation? A) A few minutes. B) Several hours. C) Weeks. D) Months. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Months. 5. Call upon in supplication A) Ungainly. B) Gloat. C) Implore. D) Utter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implore. 6. In "The Raven, " what happens when the narrator opens the door? A) His mother comes in. B) The raven flies in. C) He sees only darkness. D) Lenore appears. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He sees only darkness. 7. The Well and the Pendulum Theme: A) Fear of the known. B) Love and glory. C) Life and salvation. D) Death and salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death and salvation. 8. What was the title of Poe's only commercial success in his lifetime? A) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. B) The Conchologist's First Book. C) The Gold-Bug. D) Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Gold-Bug. 9. Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. The rich and powerful prince and his friends die, but the citizens outside survive. A) Conflict. B) Irony. C) Climax. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 11. How does the narrator feel about the Raven? A) Joy. B) Fear. C) Admiration. D) Indifference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fear. 12. What was the reason for Edgar Allan Poe's death? A) Suicide. B) It is not known with certainty. C) Car crash. D) Reckoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is not known with certainty. 13. What is the definition of foreshadowing? A) A story that reveals a hidden meaning. B) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words. C) When a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. D) Lines ending in words that rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. 14. Who wrote the ORIGINAL story we read about the BLACK CAT A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Jim Hawkins. C) Fritz Robinson. D) Mr. Craven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allan Poe. 15. Which of the following was not written by Poe? A) "The Tell-Tale Heart". B) "The Raven". C) "The Black Cat". D) "The Deranged Frog". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "The Deranged Frog". 16. What pets did the couple have? A) Only cats. B) Birds, goldfish, a dog, rabbits, a monkey and a cat. C) A dog and a black cat. D) A black cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birds, goldfish, a dog, rabbits, a monkey and a cat. 17. What is the significance of Halloween? A) It is a day to honor the dead. B) It is a celebration of the harvest season. C) It is a time for costume parties. D) It is a religious holiday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is a day to honor the dead. 18. Edgar Allan Poe's stories often include: A) Horror/suspense. B) A character who is actually a ghost. C) A sudden change of voice. D) Random jokes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horror/suspense. 19. Novel by Edgar Allan Poe. A) "The black cat". B) "The Tell-Tale Heart". C) The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym. D) The Raven. E) Tamerlane and other poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym. 20. What is the definition of metaphor? A) A story that reveals a hidden meaning. B) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words. C) A comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as'. D) Language and description that appeals to the five senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as'. 21. What genre of literature is Poe accredited with creating? A) Romance. B) Horror. C) Detective. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detective. 22. When was Edgar Allan Poe death A) 1848. B) 1849. C) 1749. D) 1949. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1849. 23. Poe enlisted in the ..... before dropping out to attend West Point. A) Marines. B) Army. C) Airforce. D) Navy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Army. 24. "I remember it was in the bleak December, and each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." A) The Raven. B) Annabel Lee. C) The Tell-Tale Heart. D) The Cask of Amontillado. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Raven. 25. What is the meaning of the word 'resilient'? A) A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. B) The visual percept of a region. C) The quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength. D) Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. 26. The characteristic tone of the genre written by Poe is terror which ..... A) It is developed from reality, paranormal situations and stories. B) It is created from fears, traumas and phobias. C) It introduces the reader to a different, melancholic and dramatic reality. D) It generates anticipatory fear, scary and repulsive experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It generates anticipatory fear, scary and repulsive experiences. 27. What literary figure is used in the following line? " ..... because Death, who was approaching, had passed before him with his black shadow, enveloping his victim in it." A) Saying. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 28. What is the narrator's initial response to the tapping at his chamber door? A) Fear and anxiety. B) Joy and excitement. C) Sleepiness and confusion. D) Curiosity and anticipation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sleepiness and confusion. 29. The perspective of how the story is being told to the reader A) Narrative Sequence. B) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of View. 30. What is the only phrase that the crow uttered in the poem The Raven? A) Do not lie. B) Love me more. C) Never. D) Never more. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never more. 31. Who were his birth parents? A) David and Elizabeth Poe. B) Daniel and Mary Poe. C) John and Alice Poe. D) Mark and Linda Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David and Elizabeth Poe. 32. According to University historian Alexander Gilliam, where did Poe live before moving to the West Range? A) On the Lawn. B) In a different building on the Range. C) In a nearby town. D) In a dormitory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the Lawn. 33. Which word means "an odd or unusual feature or habit?" A) Hide. B) Felicity. C) Pertinacity. D) Peculiarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peculiarity. ← PreviousRelated 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