Worksheets"The Man Who Was Poe" Part 1 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What tragic childhood events influenced Poe's writing?
His father abandoned him and his mother died of tuberculoses.
His father died at sea and his mother died of tuberculoses.
Both his parents died in a house fire.
He was an orphan from birth.
What is the name of the young boy in our story?
Edward
Edgar
Edmund
Bob
What was Sis reading?
Sleeping Beauty
Hands on the Grittle
Fairy Forrest
Hansel and Gretel
What college did Poe get expelled?
University of Tennessee
West Point
Army College
Baltimore University
Who agreed to help Edmund find his Sis?
Auguste Dupin
Asa Throck
The Nights Watch
Helen Whitman
Who delivered a note to the Hotel American House
Dupin
Edmund
Throck
Servant Girl
Who did Poe marry?
Virginia Clemm
His cousin
a 13 year old
Helen Whitman
What did Edmund and his Sis collect?
Shells
Stamps
Books
Boat names
Edmund and his sister are
11 years old
brother and sister
cousins
twins
Who is Asa Throck?
works at the dock
pulled the body out of the bay
saloon owner
night watchman
What is Dupin's motive?
to write a story
to receive a reward
to become a member of the nights watch
to marry Auntie Pru
How does "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" connect to "The Man Who Was Poe"?
They are both detective stories.
They both share the same detective; Auguste Dupin.
They both have characters who dies of tuberculosis.
Edgar Allan Poe wrote both stories.
How does "The Gold Bug" and "The Man Who Was Poe" connect?
Both stories are about bugs.
Both stories share the same main character; Auguste Dupin
Both stories have encrypted codes.
Both stories are about missing gold.
What clues has Dupin found?
Sis pearl button from her shoe.
A plank of wood used to cross from building to building.
The open trunk, which was locked.
A coded message.
How are Edmund and Dupin alike?
Both have similar names.
Both raised by their aunts.
Both have fathers who are dead.
Both have someone they love called Sis.
Who was the watchman on the ship The Lady Liberty?
Fortnoy
Throck
Captain Elias
Dupin
Mrs. Powers wants Helen to marry who?
Edmund
Dupin
Arnold
Throck
What was missing from Auntie's trunk?
money
picture
book
watch
What instructions did Mrs. Whitman give to Edmund regarding Dupin's visit?
Come at 4pm
Meet her in the cemetery
Bring Edmund
Bring dinner
Who is Mr. Rachett?
Edmund's step-father
A thief
The bank manager
Mrs. Whitman's husband
