Edgar Allan Poe quiz

Poe's writing appeals to the _____ in all of us.

• hope

• anger

• romance

• fear

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Much of the inspiration for Poe's stories came from tragedy in his own life

• true

• false

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In "The Tell-Tale Heart" why couldn't the caretaker murder the old man in his sleep?

• The caretaker was afraid of getting caught.

• The old man looked to peaceful.

• The caretaker was afraid of the blood.

• The old man's troublesome eye was closed.

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Poe's biological parents were both _____.

• poets

• actors

• farmers

• merchants

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Which work was Poe's first big success?

• "The Tell-Tale Heart"

• "The Fall of the House of Usher"

• "The Raven"

• "The Pit and the Pendulum"

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To support his young wife, Poe worked as a _____.

• writer and publisher

• writer and bartender

• critic and editor

• merchant and editor

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Director Wes Craven says that the pendulum in "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a symbol for _____.

• a blade

• the pit

• a clock

• the rats

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The caretaker in "The Tell-Tale Heart" shows tremendous arrogance when he _____.

• asks the police to sit down in the old man's room

• stands in the doorway of the old man's room for an hour

• pulls up the floorboards to hide the body

• loses his cool and confesses to the crime

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The prisoner in "The Pit and the Pendulum" escapes death by the pendulum when ______.

• the jail is liberated and the jailers are overthrown

• rats chew through the ropes that bind him

• the walls and ceiling of the cell catch on fire

• he drinks water from a pitcher

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How was Poe related to his wife?

• She was his sister

• She was his aunt

• She was his fifth cousin twice removed

• She was his first cousin

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