Edgar Allan Poe


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    1. In The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe's narrator accused his victim of having what kind of an eye?
    Penguin
    Budgie
    Vulture



    2. Complete the title of Edgar Allan Poe's only novel, 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym ...' ?
    of Nantucket
    of Phuket
    of Deep Pocket



    3. What was notable about 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym'?
    It was the first detective fiction story
    It was left unfinished at Poe's death
    It was Poe's only completed novel



    4. What was the name of the black cat in Edgar Allan Poe's story
         of the same name?
    Uranus
    Pluto
    Neptune



    5. Who asked, "Where was the detective story until Poe breathed the
         breath of life into it?"?
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Charles Dickens
    Wilkie Collins



    6. In The House of Usher, what was the name of the Usher Poe's narrator visited?
    Roderick
    Ralph
    Reginald



    7. Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum is a short horror story about torture during ...?
    The War of Spanish Succession
    The Spanish Inquisition
    The War on Terror



    8. How old was Edgar Allan Poe's cousin when they married?
    Seventeen
    Fifteen
    Thirteen



    9. In which of the following cities did Edgar Allan Poe go to boarding school?
    New York
    London
    Paris



    10. Who wrote a biography of Edgar Allan Poe shortly after Poe's death depicting him as a drug-crazed loon?
    Rufus Sewell
    Rufus Wainwright
    Rufus Griswold

     

Answers to the Edgar Allan Poe Quiz:

1.Vulture 2. of Nantucket 3. first detective fiction 4. Pluto 5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Roderick 7. The Spanish Inquisition 8. Thirteen 9. London 10. Rufus Griswold



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