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"The Man Who Was Poe" Part 1 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What tragic childhood events influenced Poe's writing?

a)

His father abandoned him and his mother died of tuberculoses.

b)

His father died at sea and his mother died of tuberculoses.

c)

Both his parents died in a house fire.

d)

He was an orphan from birth.

2.

What is the name of the young boy in our story?

a)

Edward

b)

Edgar

c)

Edmund

d)

Bob

3.

What was Sis reading?

a)

Sleeping Beauty

b)

Hands on the Grittle

c)

Fairy Forrest

d)

Hansel and Gretel

4.

What college did Poe get expelled?

a)

University of Tennessee

b)

West Point

c)

Army College

d)

Baltimore University

5.

Who agreed to help Edmund find his Sis?

a)

Auguste Dupin

b)

Asa Throck

c)

The Nights Watch

d)

Helen Whitman

6.

Who delivered a note to the Hotel American House

a)

Dupin

b)

Edmund

c)

Throck

d)

Servant Girl

7.

Who did Poe marry?

a)

Virginia Clemm

b)

His cousin

c)

a 13 year old

d)

Helen Whitman

8.

What did Edmund and his Sis collect?

a)

Shells

b)

Stamps

c)

Books

d)

Boat names

9.

Edmund and his sister are

a)

11 years old

b)

brother and sister

c)

cousins

d)

twins

10.

Who is Asa Throck?

a)

works at the dock

b)

pulled the body out of the bay

c)

saloon owner

d)

night watchman

11.

What is Dupin's motive?

a)

to write a story

b)

to receive a reward

c)

to become a member of the nights watch

d)

to marry Auntie Pru

12.

How does "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" connect to "The Man Who Was Poe"?

a)

They are both detective stories.

b)

They both share the same detective; Auguste Dupin.

c)

They both have characters who dies of tuberculosis.

d)

Edgar Allan Poe wrote both stories.

13.

How does "The Gold Bug" and "The Man Who Was Poe" connect?

a)

Both stories are about bugs.

b)

Both stories share the same main character; Auguste Dupin

c)

Both stories have encrypted codes.

d)

Both stories are about missing gold.

14.

What clues has Dupin found?

a)

Sis pearl button from her shoe.

b)

A plank of wood used to cross from building to building.

c)

The open trunk, which was locked.

d)

A coded message.

15.

How are Edmund and Dupin alike?

a)

Both have similar names.

b)

Both raised by their aunts.

c)

Both have fathers who are dead.

d)

Both have someone they love called Sis.

16.

Who was the watchman on the ship The Lady Liberty?

a)

Fortnoy

b)

Throck

c)

Captain Elias

d)

Dupin

17.

Mrs. Powers wants Helen to marry who?

a)

Edmund

b)

Dupin

c)

Arnold

d)

Throck

18.

What was missing from Auntie's trunk?

a)

money

b)

picture

c)

book

d)

watch

19.

What instructions did Mrs. Whitman give to Edmund regarding Dupin's visit?

a)

Come at 4pm

b)

Meet her in the cemetery

c)

Bring Edmund

d)

Bring dinner

20.

Who is Mr. Rachett?

a)

Edmund's step-father

b)

A thief

c)

The bank manager

d)

Mrs. Whitman's husband