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WorksheetsEdgar Allan Poe quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Poe's writing appeals to the _____ in all of us.
hope
anger
romance
fear
Much of the inspiration for Poe's stories came from tragedy in his own life
true
false
In "The Tell-Tale Heart" why couldn't the caretaker murder the old man in his sleep?
The caretaker was afraid of getting caught.
The old man looked to peaceful.
The caretaker was afraid of the blood.
The old man's troublesome eye was closed.
Poe's biological parents were both _____.
poets
actors
farmers
merchants
Which work was Poe's first big success?
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
"The Raven"
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
To support his young wife, Poe worked as a _____.
writer and publisher
writer and bartender
critic and editor
merchant and editor
Director Wes Craven says that the pendulum in "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a symbol for _____.
a blade
the pit
a clock
the rats
The caretaker in "The Tell-Tale Heart" shows tremendous arrogance when he _____.
asks the police to sit down in the old man's room
stands in the doorway of the old man's room for an hour
pulls up the floorboards to hide the body
loses his cool and confesses to the crime
The prisoner in "The Pit and the Pendulum" escapes death by the pendulum when ______.
the jail is liberated and the jailers are overthrown
rats chew through the ropes that bind him
the walls and ceiling of the cell catch on fire
he drinks water from a pitcher
How was Poe related to his wife?
She was his sister
She was his aunt
She was his fifth cousin twice removed
She was his first cousin
