Poe Background

What are Edgar Allan Poe's dates?

• 1800 - 1850

• 1809 - 1849

• 1850 - 1889

• 1849 - 1909

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Where did Poe's name come from?

• His grandfather

• His father

• His adoptive father

• His mother's maiden name

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Which university did Poe attend?

• Boston College

• United States Naval Academy in Maryland

• University of Baltimore

• University of Virginia

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Poe married...

• his adoptive sister

• his 1st cousin

• his best friend's mother

• his childhood sweetheart

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Poe was in constant search of...

• the perfect poem

• a mother figure

• a father figure

• a high

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While at the university, what did Poe’s peers think he may be if not a writer?

• an actor

• a doctor

• an artist

• a musician

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What story genre is Poe given credit for inventing?

• detective

• dark romance

• horror

• sci-fi

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Where did the Gothic style originate?

• Transylvania

• Middle Age architecture

• Poe's mind

• Dark Romantic era

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What nickname was given to Poe because of his style as a critic?

• The Joker

• The Surgeon

• The Master

• The Tomahawk

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Where did Poe propose to Helen Whitman?

• the ocean

• the church

• the graveyard

• the attic

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