Edgar Allan Poe & Gothic Lit

Edgar Allan Poe was most famous for...

• gothic literature

• historical fiction

• science fiction

• poetry

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Which of these descriptions does NOT match gothic literature?

• Hopeless

• Dark and serious

• Hopeful and bright

• Focused on death

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What are the women in Poe's stories usually like?

• Funny

• Hard-working

• Dead, sick or dying

• Killing other people

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What does the narrator hate about the old man in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

• His heart

• Everything about him

• His eye

• His hands

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When does the narrator kill the old man?

• After he wakes up while sleeping

• At the beginning of the story

• While he is eating

• While the police officers are there

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Why does the narrator confess to the crime?

• He realizes the policemen know he is guilty

• He thinks he hears the heart beating

• He feels horrible for what he has done

• He does not confess to the crime

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Which match with typical settings of gothic literature (check all that apply)?

• An old building falling apart

• An amusement park

• Somewhere isolated and alone

• Outer space

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What does foreboding mean?

• When someone dies in a gothic story.

• A character is living alone.

• An event that or sign that goes before something bad happens.

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True or false: We know how Edgar Allan Poe died.

• True

• False

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The author of "Tell-Tale Heart" is...

• The old man

• Unknown

• William Faulkner

• Edgar Allan Poe

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