Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was a British editor, writer, and literary critic.

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• FALSE

"The Raven" was a successful poem written by Edgar Allan Poe and published in 1845.

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• FALSE

Poe experienced the death of specific loved ones throughout much of his life.

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• FALSE

The two main characters in "The Tell-Tale Heart" are the Old Man and...

• Fortunato

• the Narrator

• Edgar Allan Poe

• the raven

Who adopted Poe after his mother died?

• The Poe family

• The Allan family

• No one; he lived on his own

What genre of literature is Poe known as the inventor of?

• Horror

• Detective

• Romance

• Poetry

Poe got married when he was 27. How old was his new bride?

• 18

• 27

• 13

• 14

Poe's biological parents died when he was 3-years-old.

• True

• False

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

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• false

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Poe was able to make a fortune off of his writing while alive.

• True
• False