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WorksheetsThe Big Boy POE Quizizz
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 44mins
Who was Edgar Allan Poe?
My father
A poor but joyful man
An author famous for his then-terrifying poems and stories
A photography critic
What was Poe's early childhood like?
His father abandoned him and his mother died of Tuberculosis
Like any other
His parents divorced and he was sent to boarding school
His parents commited crimes, and he was put into foster care far away from them
Who adopted Poe?
Rose Maylie
Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Mr. and Mrs. Poe
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Name a difference between Poe and his foster father.
He warned Poe not to speak to the wind, but Poe did anyway.
Poe's foster father hated film and thought it was a worthless profession, but it was Poe's dream.
Poe's father was evil, and Poe was only slightly sadistic.
Poe was educated, while his foster father was "rough and ready."
What happened to Poe's first love?
She died of sickness.
She fell off a bridge.
She ate a mercury pill.
They lived a happy life together.
What were Poe's adolescent interests?
Film and Photography
Watching women die
Swimming and Sports
Politics
After Poe left _________, he joined the military under the fake name, ________.
DeVry University; Edgar Allan Perry
University of Virginia; Edgar Allan Perry
University of Virginia; Edgar Poe Allan
Harvard University; Edgar Smith
How did Poe get into debt?
He lost it all in his presidency campaign.
He was scammed by Flex Tape.
He was only given the bare minimum to attend University and gambled the rest away.
He spent his money on alcohol.
Who did Poe move in with?
His Aunt Maria and Cousin Virginia
His biological father
Johnny Appleseed
A local actor
What job did Poe get?
Photographer
A carriage driver
Consumer of shorts
An editor at a local literature company
What was the relationship between Poe and Virginia?
They were just cousins.
Virginia was Poe's new adoptive mother.
Virginia was Poe's "wifey."
Virginia was Poe's neighbor.
What inspired most of Poe's works of literature?
Fairy tales
The deaths of all the women he loved
Pie
Burning his furniture in University
What happened to Virginia and every other love he had?
They lived happily ever after.
They spontaneously combusted.
They died of cancer.
She and all the others died of Tuberculosis.
What made Poe famous?
The Raven
The Tell-Tale Heart
His slanderous reviews
Murders in the Rue Morgue
What problem did Poe have?
His writing was boring.
He was deranged.
He was an alcoholic.
He was too rich for his own good.
Poe's last poem was __________, and it was really about the loss of _____________.
"Johnny Appleseed;" His adoptive mother
"Annabel Lee;" Virginia
"The Raven;" His mother
"Murders in the Rue Morgue;" His aunt
What did Poe do in his final years?
Moped around
Continued caring for his Aunt Maria
Looked for a new love
Wrote a sequel to the detective story
How did Poe view women?
As the source of his pain
As victims
As family members
As angels
What was one of the theories on how Poe died?
He choked on a hot pocket
He was the victim of an election kidnapping
He drank so much he died
He caught Tuberculosis
What point of view is "The Tell-Tale Heart" in?
First Person (Reliable)
First Person (Unreliable)
Third Person Limited
Second Person
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," what does the narrator try to convince readers that he is not?
happy
mad
hungry
confident
What does the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" claim the disease has done to his senses?
weakened his eyesight
sharpened them
gave him more senses
nothing
What is it about the old man that bothers the narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
His personality
His face
His home
His eye
What is the climax of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
The narrator greets the old man outside during the day.
The police arrive after the old man's neighbor reports hearing a scream.
The narrator stalks the old man every night.
The narrator kills the old man with his own bed and then cuts up the body and hides it under the floorboards.
What happens on the eighth night in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
The old man hears the narrator and sits up in bed.
The old man sleeps peacefully as the narrator smothers him.
The narrator simply watches the mans sleep again.
The old man hides beneath the covers.
How does the narrator hide the body in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
He dismembers the body and buries it in the backyard.
He hides it in the bathtub.
He dismembers the corpse and hides it under the floorboards.
He moves it under the bed.
Why did the narrator kill the old man in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
He has no sympathy or empathy for anyone.
He did not like the old man's "Vulture Eye."
He loathed the old man and felt like the old man deserved to die.
The old man cannot afford to pay him more money.
How does the narrator kill the old man in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
He does not allow the old man to eat food.
He pushes the old man out the window.
The narrator did not kill anyone. The old man fell down the stairs.
He smothers the old man with a mattress.
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," why does a neighbor call the police to the house?
The neighbor saw a man in his window.
The neighbor heard a loud scream.
The neighbor suspects that the narrator killed the old man.
There was a break-in in the neighborhood.
Why doesn't the narrator fear being caught in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
He is actually a police officer himself.
He flees the scene of the crime.
He didn't actually do it.
He is sure he hid the body well.
What does the narrator think he hears in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
The police
The neighbors
His own heartbeat
The old man's heartbeat
Why does the narrator admit his crime in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
The sound he heard, supposedly the old man's heartbeat, drove him insane, and he thought the police was mocking him.
The police did not want to leave.
He told himself it was not okay to lie to the police.
He ran out of lies to tell and started stuttering.
What is one example of Poe building up suspense in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Poe adds scary music in the background.
There is lightning and rain outside during the eight nights the narrator stalks the old man.
The narrator happily greets the police at the door.
Poe tells the story bit by bit, dragging out and describing the details that lead up to the murder.
How does the narrator kill the old man in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
With a pillow
By smothering him with the heavy mattress
By shooting him
By strangling him with his hands
On the eighth night, what change causes the narrator to murder the old man in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
The old man's eyes are closed, finally.
The old man is wearing pajamas.
The old man's gun has been put away.
The old man's eyes are open.
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," how does the narrator react to the police officer's request to search the house?
the narrator leads them around the house
the narrator encourages them to search thoroughly
the narrator has the men sit in chairs in the old man's room
all of these
Read the excerpt below from "The Tell-Tale Heart." Determine which figurative language is used.
"It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage."
simile
no figurative language is used
personification
hyperbole
True or false?
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is written as a confession letter.
True
False
True or false?
Poe does not add repetition of words and actions in "The Tell-Tale Heart."
True
False
A: “Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!
B: Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”
C: “Surely,” said I, “surely that is something at my window lattice;
D: “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
“Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us—by that God we both adore—
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
What does "The Tell-Tale Heart's" title mean?
It refers to the beating heart that eventually drives the narrator to confess his crime.
It represents the old man's heart beat
It represents the fear of the police who are after the narrator
It represents the pain the old man felt when he was being killed.
