Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

6th Grade

Hard

Created by

SALLY MASON

FREE Resource

8 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After which of Edgar Allan Poe's poems is Baltimore's football team named?

The Black Cats

The Giants

The Ravens

Gothic Godzilla's

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Edgar Allan Poe Did NOT have any literary enemies? 

True 

Flase

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At what age was Edgar orphaned by his "stage actor" parents?

2

13

4

he was never orphaned and lived happily with his parents all his life

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened to Poe after he joined the military?

He won a medal

He died in battle

He was dishonorably discharged

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or false: During his life, Poe always signed his name "Edgar Allan Poe".

True

False

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Edgar Allan Poe's family made lots of money after he died from book royalties.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or false: Poe's horror stories and poems were largely autobiographical.

True

False

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Poe have a bad reputation among other writers?

He wrote honest reviews that were critical of others' work

He owed others a lot of money

He only wrote positive reviews that puffed up his friends