Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. When did Edgar Allan Poe die?
2. What was the name of Poe's first wife?
3. "Voices speak through my walls"
4. What term matches the definition? An act done consciously or intentionally; on purpose
5. What substance was found in elevated levels in Edgar Allan Poe's hair?
6. How does the story of "The Fall of the House of Usher" end?
7. Poe's foster father took him out of college because
8. Where is the narrator when the story "The Pit and the Pendulum" begins?
9. What technique does Poe use in his stories?
10. What did Edgar Allan Poe turn to for immediate income?
11. Which is NOT an element of Gothic Literature?
12. What time did the narrator go to the old man's room?
13. Although our camp counselor is soft and fun loving, they can get mean and ..... if provoked.
14. What happens at the beginning of premature burial?
15. Where did you find the second cat?
16. Poe died surrounded by those he knew and loved.
17. What happened after the man hanged the cat?
18. The narrators of the story in order of appearance are, respectively
19. What is the author's purpose for writing this poem?
20. What does the speaker do to try to understand the raven's message?
21. Poe experienced the death of specific loved ones throughout much of his life.
22. How does the raven get to the perch?
23. Choose Poe's most famous poem.
24. In the poem, the speaker reflects on "things around him with a ray turned back upon the past." What does this suggest about the speaker's perspective?
25. How old was Virginia when she and Poe got married?
26. Select the correct term that matches the definition below. acting or done without forethought
27. Lacking grace in movement or posture
28. What is the definition of macabre?
29. What does the word 'Lenore' represent in the poem?
30. "But the fact is I was napping"
31. What caused the narrator to get up and open the door then the window?
32. What is the literary element "mood?"
33. What does the narrator discover hanging from the ceiling?
34. In "The Raven" the speaker is trying to forget the loss of
35. What kind of word is "he" ?
36. True or False We know how Poe died?
37. Which story is authored by Edgar Allan Poe?
38. What shape did the well have?
39. What is the significance of the reference to "Truth's day-star" in the poem?
40. Discuss the significance of the themes in the poem 'Alone' and their relevance to the reader.
41. What did Edgar Allan Poe die of and when was it?
42. Edgar Allan Poe attended .....
43. According to the second stanza of Edgar Allan Poe's narrative poem, why did the lyric speaker feel pain?
44. The new cat was exactly like Pluto
45. What is the significance of the Raven's choice of words?
46. "And this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me."
47. Due to its characteristics, the text corresponds to the genre called:
48. Why does the word "Pluto" have an accent?
49. What is the narrator's name?
50. The well and the pendulum:how did they describe the prison?
51. "Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day"
52. Where did he work?
53. What appeared on the only wall that was not burned in the fire?
54. No amount of money or power can help you escape from death.
55. How does the story end for Mr. Valdemar?
56. The author organizes this selection by .....
57. What was the name of another poem that Poe wrote about Virginia's death?
58. What does the word 'magnanimous' mean?
59. Everybody who was in the castle dies. The surviving citizens outside resume their normal lives.
60. What is the meaning of the word 'intrepid'?