This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe > Edgar Allan Poe – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Edgar Allan Poe Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Gothic fantasy is characterized by: A) Combine tragedy and obscurantism. B) Combine drama and reality. C) Combine mystery and terror. D) Combine horror and romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Combine horror and romanticism. 2. The character of Auguste Dupin is based on Sherlock Holmes A) Falso. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falso. 3. Which of these is a quote from Edgar Allan Poe? A) The four conditions for happiness:the love of a woman, life in the open air, the absence of all ambition and the creation of a new beauty. B) If you live, let live and if you die, leave alone. C) He had no sentences, he took out random words from his mind and the only thing he said was a lot of incoherence and nonsense. D) Edgar Allan Poe does not exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The four conditions for happiness:the love of a woman, life in the open air, the absence of all ambition and the creation of a new beauty. 4. His biological father name was A) Foster. B) David. C) Poe. D) John. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) David. 5. At the age of 6 he went to boarding school in ..... A) England. B) Scotland. C) Bernille. D) Jerusalem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 6. From where does the lyrical subject observe Raven? A) With floor. B) From the bed. C) From the armchair. D) From the kitchen chair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From the armchair. 7. Which of these themes appears prominently in a number of Poe's stories? A) The triumph of "rugged individualism". B) The complexity of family life. C) The human mind's tendency toward self-destruction. D) Unrequited love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The human mind's tendency toward self-destruction. 8. What is the NOUN (person place or thing) in this sentence? The crazy man killed his wife. A) Man. B) Crazy. C) Killed. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man. 9. The writer of a poem is called ..... A) Illustrator. B) Author. C) Poet. D) Smart person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poet. 10. Where did Edgar Allan Poe move to start a new life with his bride? A) Baltimore. B) Boston. C) Richmond. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New York. 11. What time of year is it in the poem 'The Raven'? A) Spring. B) Summer. C) Fall. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winter. 12. Did his mother die before he was adopted? A) Yes, she did. B) No, she didn't. C) Not known. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, she did. 13. In which city was the first official accusation of Satanism made? A) Toulouse. B) Turin. C) London. D) Roma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toulouse. 14. How does the structure of the poem contribute to its tone? A) It creates a sense of suspense and mystery. B) It emphasizes the speaker's emotions and inner thoughts. C) It highlights the beauty of nature and the changing seasons. D) It showcases the diversity of literary techniques and styles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It creates a sense of suspense and mystery. 15. What was the "completely unexpected effect" of moving the candelabra? A) He woke up his servant. B) He was able to read the book more clearly. C) It illuminated a picture that had gone unnoticed. D) The chandelier went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It illuminated a picture that had gone unnoticed. 16. What text structure was used to write this article? A) Compare & contrast. B) Cause & effect. C) Chronological order. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chronological order. 17. Poe turns readers into active participants with his use of the ..... , and the reader must decide is the narrator might be lying about the events. A) Ambiguous metaphor. B) Black irony. C) Horrific diction. D) Unreliable narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unreliable narrator. 18. Choose the answer. Which line from "The Raven" has internal rhyme? A) Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer. B) And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. C) And so faintly you came tapping,. D) Only this and nothing more. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer. 19. When the narrator states "my hopes have flown before", what tone is implied? A) Dark. B) Hopeful. C) Desperate. D) Hopeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hopeless. 20. The painter's wife was deeply in love with her husband, but she hated art, because ..... A) The admirers of his paintings were many. B) She was her husband's model. C) Her husband was totally obsessed with him. D) They criticized her husband's art a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her husband was totally obsessed with him. 21. How does the narrator describe his emotional state in stanza 1? A) Restless and anxious. B) Sad and tired. C) Angry and frightened. D) Joyful and happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sad and tired. 22. The quotation marks in the following sentence are used correctly to show the title of the work:One of my favorite short stories by Edgar Allan Poe is called "The Black Cat" . A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. What type of text is the Pit and the Pendulum? A) Novel. B) Mito. C) Fable. D) Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tale. 24. Were there testimonies about what happened at the scene? A) No, since the spectators of the roar died from the bomb in the Rue Morgue. B) Yes, since everyone witnessed the events. C) Yes, since there were many people who were near the scene of the events. D) Yes, since the same thing that happened in "LA MORGUE" happened to everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, since there were many people who were near the scene of the events. 25. What word does the Raven repeatedly say? A) Always. B) Forever. C) Nevermore. D) Eternity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nevermore. 26. Throughout the story, the protagonist assures that he has always been very ..... A) Highly strung. B) Innocent. C) Observer. D) Quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Highly strung. 27. How did Poe Die? A) He had a stroke. B) He did from tuberculosis. C) His cause of death is unknown. D) Rabies killed him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His cause of death is unknown. 28. The narrator's conflict is mostly defined as- A) Character v. self. B) Character v. society. C) Character v. character. D) Character v. supernatural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character v. self. 29. What illness killed Poe's wife A) Tuberculosis. B) Malaria. C) The Bubonic Plague. D) The Scarlet Fever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tuberculosis. 30. The Tell-Tale Heart:Where does the narrator hide the old man's body? A) In a closet. B) In a grave in the backyard. C) Under the bed. D) Under the floorboards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under the floorboards. 31. The man changes his attitude towards the woman and her pets because of A) His wife. B) The cat bit him. C) The alcoholism. D) Economic problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The alcoholism. 32. What was the primary reason for Poe's fame after his death? A) His influential literary theory. B) His successful career as an editor. C) His experimental writing style. D) Posthumous adaptations of his work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Posthumous adaptations of his work. 33. Which of these figures is a character created by Poe? A) Sherlock Holmes. B) Draco Malfoy. C) Jack the Ripper. D) C. Auguste Dupin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. Auguste Dupin. 34. Ghastly means shockingly repellent; inspiring horror A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 35. What is the final fate of the speaker's soul? A) It is lifted and freed from sorrow. B) It is condemned to eternal darkness. C) It is transformed into a raven. D) It remains trapped in the chamber forever. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It remains trapped in the chamber forever. 36. Which word means "to escape?" A) Hide. B) Paltry. C) Repose. D) Conspicuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hide. 37. Small room or monument where person is laid to rest; tomb A) Monument. B) Seraph. C) Sepulchre. D) Waned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sepulchre. 38. What was the cause of Poe's fame during his lifetime? A) His successful book reviews and literary theory. B) His posthumous adaptations of his work. C) His satires of social and literary trends. D) His haunting and hypnotic poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His posthumous adaptations of his work. 39. Which sentence from the selection suggests that Poe was a mysterious person? A) Poe loved cats and was often known to write while one was perched upon his shoulder. B) It only took Poe a year to make the Messenger the most popular magazine in the south. C) Many of his best known works are terrifying stories and haunting poetry. D) Poe was thrown out of West Point after 8 months due to differences with Mr. Allan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many of his best known works are terrifying stories and haunting poetry. 40. How do lines 1-9 of "Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe affect the voice of the poem? (8F) A) The author is referring to being a lonely orphan as a child. B) The author adds information to build a sense of time. C) The author alludes to having had a breakup with a loved one. D) The poet is showing how the speaker had a wonderful adult life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author is referring to being a lonely orphan as a child. 41. Who does "he" refer to in this fragment:Pluto had become my favorite and comrade. Only I fed him and he followed me ..... " A) To the protagonist. B) To food. C) To Pluto. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To Pluto. 42. The first room is: A) The pendulum. B) The hole. C) The rats. D) The hot walls and the well. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The hole. 43. Which magazine did Poe work for as an editor? A) Evening Mirror. B) Philadelphia newspaper. C) Broadway Journal. D) Graham's Magazine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graham's Magazine. 44. Which of the following works by Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the most famous? A) The fall of the House of Usher. B) The Gold Bug. C) The barrel of amontillado. D) The crimes of morgue Street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The barrel of amontillado. 45. The narrator of this story is an unnamed murderer, who tries to convince the reader that he is not crazy and should not be held responsible for the crimes of which he is accused. A) The black cat. B) Tell tale heart. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The black cat. 46. The well and the pendulum ..... When the protagonist was lying down and tied up, what food did they put on his plate? A) A very old corn cake. B) A piece of hard, tasteless bread. C) A very salty piece of meat. D) A quarry with water that tasted strange. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A very salty piece of meat. 47. Poe got married when he was 27. How old was his new bride? A) 27. B) 14. C) 18. D) 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 13. 48. What happened to the protagonist the day he killed the cat? A) He was fired from his job. B) Won the lottery. C) His house caught fire. D) His wife left him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His house caught fire. 49. Why was it a "terrible thing" for the young lady to hear that her husband wanted to paint her portrait? A) Because it would be very boring to sit and pose for him. B) Because he gets in a very bad mood when he paints. C) Because she felt that her husband loved art more than her. D) Because she didn't consider herself beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because she felt that her husband loved art more than her. 50. "And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea-In her tomb by the sounding sea." A) Annabel Lee. B) The Cask of Amontillado. C) The Raven. D) The Tell-Tale Heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Annabel Lee. 51. What was Poe's nickname? A) The Raven. B) Eddie. C) Allan. D) Spooky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Raven. 52. How does he kill his cat? A) He burns it. B) He embeds it in the wall. C) He hangs him. D) He cooks it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He hangs him. 53. What was William Legrand's personality like? A) He was polite, but not very sociable and had a changeable mood. B) He was very rude, moody and violent. C) He was cheerful, jovial and always in a good mood. D) He was melancholic and very in love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was polite, but not very sociable and had a changeable mood. 54. Poe was considered the father of what genre? A) Detective Fiction. B) Horror Fiction. C) Horror Romance. D) Mystery Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detective Fiction. 55. They are stories by Edgar Allan Poe: A) The Mask of the Red Death and Matilda. B) The well and the pendulum, the black cat. C) The black cat and War and peace. D) The pit and the pendulum, the mask of green death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The well and the pendulum, the black cat. 56. WHERE DID THE PROTAGONIST FIND HIS SECOND CAT? A) EN UNA TABERNA. B) OUTSIDE HER HOUSE. C) IN A BAR. D) ON THE STREET. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IN A BAR. 57. Who took Edgar Allan Poe in as a foster child? A) Dr. John Moran. B) Dr. Joseph Snodgrass. C) Joseph Walker. D) John and Francis Allen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John and Francis Allen. 58. What is the meaning of the word 'placid'? A) A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. B) Not easily upset or excited. C) The quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength. D) The visual percept of a region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not easily upset or excited. 59. Where did he find the new cat after killing Pluto? A) In a drum. B) In a tavern. C) In a bar. D) In a bakery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a tavern. 60. The golden bug:what did they find at the end of the story? A) A treasure. B) A board game. C) A salmon. D) A juice. 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