How Well Do You Know Edgar Allan Poe Quiz
Edgar Allan Poe Quiz
Question 1 |
"The Raven" opens with: "Once upon a midnight ____, while I pondered..."
dreary | |
clear | |
hour |
Question 1 Explanation:
dreary
Question 2 |
Gendarmes are mentioned several times in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". What is a gendarme?
A Piece of Furniture | |
A Person Who Studies Conformations In The Skull | |
A Police Officer |
Question 2 Explanation:
A Police Officer
Question 3 |
Poe released his first book, a collection of poetry, while enlisted in the army. It's author was listed as "A Bostonian," and it was titled?
Tamerlane and Other Poems | |
Al Aaraaf, and Minor Poems | |
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym |
Question 3 Explanation:
Tamerlane and Other Poems
Question 4 |
In "The Pit and the Pendulum", a man is trapped in a single room. What shape was the room?
hexagonal | |
square | |
circular |
Question 4 Explanation:
square
Question 5 |
TRUE! -- nervous -- very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am..." - is the opening to which of these stories?
The Tell-Tale Heart | |
The Man of the Crowd< | |
The Pit and the Pendulum |
Question 5 Explanation:
The Tell-Tale Heart
Question 6 |
In the poem "Eldorado", a shade tells a knight that he must "Ride, _____, ride..." should he seek Eldorado.
diligently | |
swiftly | |
boldly |
Question 6 Explanation:
boldly
Question 7 |
In what year was "The Raven" first published?
1850 | |
1848 | |
1845 | |
1856 |
Question 7 Explanation:
1845
Question 8 |
In "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe talks of "... inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly stem trees..." What is a sedge?
A Marsh Plant | |
A Type of Wood Molding | |
A Kind of Soil |
Question 8 Explanation:
A Marsh Plant
Question 9 |
O God! can I not grasp --- Them with a tighter clasp?" is from which of these poems?
A Dream Within A Dream | |
The City in the Sea | |
Annabel Lee |
Question 9 Explanation:
A Dream Within A Dream
Question 10 |
Which of his poems ends with "They weep: -- from off their delicate stems; Perennial tears descend in gems"?
The Valley of Unrest | |
For Annie | |
The Haunted Palace |
Question 10 Explanation:
The Valley of Unrest
Question 11 |
In "The Spectacles", Poe writes that "... it was the fashion to ridicule the idea of _________..."
a mental illness | |
love at first sight | |
specters and spirits |
Question 11 Explanation:
love at first sight
Question 12 |
In "The Cask of Amantillado", what family's catacombs did the men descend into?
Montresor | |
Luchresi | |
Fortunato |
Question 12 Explanation:
Montresor
There are 12 questions to complete.
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