- 1. In what year was Edgar Allan Poe born?
A) 2009
B) 1809
C) 1909
D) 1709
- 2. What is the name of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem about a bird?
A) The Crow
B) The Blackbird
C) The Raven
D) The Nightingale
- 3. What is the title of Edgar Allan Poe's famous detective story featuring C. Auguste Dupin?
A) The Cask of Amontillado
B) The Tell-Tale Heart
C) The Murders in the Rue Morgue
D) The Fall of the House of Usher
- 4. What was the title of Poe's only complete novel about a voyage to the South Pacific?
A) Ligeia
B) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
C) The Black Cat
D) The Pit and the Pendulum
- 5. Which of Poe's works is often considered a hallmark of Gothic fiction due to its dark, mysterious setting and supernatural elements?
A) The Fall of the House of Usher
B) The Bells
C) To Helen
D) Annabel Lee
- 6. Which of the following is NOT a Poe short story about a person being buried alive?
A) The Fall of the House of Usher
B) The Tell-Tale Heart
C) Berenice
D) The Premature Burial
- 7. In which city did Edgar Allan Poe die?
A) New York
B) Boston
C) Philadelphia
D) Baltimore
- 8. Which literary device does Poe frequently use in his works to create a musical effect?
A) Alliteration
B) Simile
C) Irony
D) Onomatopoeia
- 9. Poe is credited with popularizing which literary device often characterized by a story within a story?
A) Epiphany
B) Flashback
C) Foreshadowing
D) Frame narrative
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