Edgar Allan Poe

What year was Poe born? 

• 1908
• 1809
• 1980
• 1989

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What genre of literature is Poe accredited with creating? 

• Horror 
• Detective 
• Romance 
• Poetry

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What is Poe's most famous piece? 

• The Gold - Bug
• Eleonora 
• The Raven 
• The Tell-Tale Heart

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

• hope

• anger

• romance

• fear

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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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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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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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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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What was the cause of Poe's death?

• alcohol and drugs

• kidnapping

• rabies

• Unknown

• mercury poisoning

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What prestigious military school did Poe join?

• University of Virginia

• North Point

• West Point

• University of Baltimore

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