Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which story character is characterized by being very superstitious?
2. What activity does the narrator NOT mention doing with Roderick?
3. Who saves the protagonist's life?
4. What violent action does the narrator commit against his first cat, Pluto?
5. The tarn swallowed up the house.
6. DID THE MASK OF THE RED DEATH WRITE?
7. "Of poets, by poets-as the name is a poet's too" means .....
8. What is the purpose of the glass door in room No. 13?
9. Despite being the master of horror, Poe preferred to avoid ghost stories.
10. At the beginning, what feeling did you share with your wife?
11. The man killed the cat guided by .....
12. The well and the pendulum:why was the protagonist taken to prison?
13. What word does the narrator call the raven in anger in stanza 5?
14. In 1835, Edgar Allan Poe married the
15. How did the main character's wife die?
16. What does the word 'mercurial' mean?
17. What did the painter's wife think of his art?
18. The country at that time had economic growth .....
19. Why was the lamplight gloating?
20. What was the name of the essay Poe wrote about "The Raven" ?
21. The chef worked in a ..... to prepare the meal for the large dinner party.
22. "It was a low, dull, quick sound-much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton."
23. What is the theme of 'The Raven' by Poe?
24. What picture could the narrator see?
25. The teacher's tone turned ..... when the students continued to talk during the class.
26. Misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods
27. The side bar entitled The Woes of Poe are included most likely to .....
28. "Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed!-tear up the planks!-here, here!-it is the beating of his hideous heart!"
29. Two words that have the same ending sound are called .....
30. Who is the author of the black cat?
31. IS THE MASK OF THE RED DEATH THE ..... ?
32. What does the word nevermore represent in "The Raven?"
33. What term matches the definition? A ..... act done with full awareness of the likely consequences
34. " ..... we must have put my sister in her ..... alive ..... "
35. Who adopted Poe after his mother died?
36. The Raven:As the Raven enters the room, it lands on the bust of what figure?
37. How is the narrator caught?
38. Consume all of one's attention or time
39. What is one of the defining characteristics of Edgar Allan Poe's image?
40. How should this sentence be correctly punctuated? "Let's take a cross country trip, " suggested Braxton.
41. When does the murder occur?
42. Which of the following answer choices BEST describes the the author's purpose for writing this article?
43. What did Poe's biological parents do?
44. What initial reaction does the speaker have to the bird in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" ?
45. Type of narrator the story has
46. Where was Edgar Allan Poe found dead?
47. Did he drop out of college?
48. "Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust, and door ..... "Identify the point of view of the line above.
49. (of the moon) to have a smaller part of its surface visible
50. The artist ..... ed the damage to her masterpiece caused by the fire
51. Read lines 4 and 5 from "Eldorado." The sensory language in these lines highlights the character's-
52. "Perfumed from an unseen censer swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor."
53. What did Edgar Allan Poe set on fire to stay warm?
54. What was the shape of the frame of the portrait?
55. What was the name of Edgar Allan Poe's first book of poetry?
56. Which word means "a small amount?"
57. "I scarcely have had time for cares"
58. What was the name of the first cat?
59. The first brutal act that the man committed against the cat was:
60. What is the name of the cat in this short story?