The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Poe married Virginia Clemm, his ______

• sister

• aunt

• cousin

• step mother

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What was the cause of Poe's death?

• alcoholism

• suicide

• poisoned

• unknown

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Before dropping out of college, Poe attend what university?

• Boston University

• Penn State

• University of Virginia

• Princeton

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In 1834, John Allan dies and ______

• Leaves Edgar out of his will

• Leaves everything to Edgar

• Donates everything to charity and his business

• It is discovered that he isn't wealthy

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What does the narrator first see when he wakes up in the dungeon in The Pit and the Pendulum?

• the pendulum

• other prisoners

• darkness

• rats

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The Pit and the Pendulum is told from which point of view?

• Third-person-limited view of a member of the French Army

• Third-person view of the inquisitor

• First-person view of the prisoner

• Omniscient view of the author

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In the Pit and the Pendulum, what does the narrator find when he trips?

• food

• human remains

• rats

• the pit

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Which of the following is one of the underlying themes of The Black Cat?

• love

• pride

• alcoholism

• guilt

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In The Black Cat, what is the first cat's name?

• Poseidon

• Jupiter

• Zeus

• Pluto

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In The Black Cat, How do the police find out that the narrator killed his wife?

• The smell of the decaying corpse is strong

• A neighbor saw him hiding the body

• The cat makes a noise when he knocks on the wall.

• There are rats moving inside the walls and knock down stones

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