- 1. Which essay discusses the importance of the unity of effect in literature?
A) The Philosophy of Composition
B) The Rationale of Verse
C) Marginalia
D) The Poetic Principle
- 2. What literary genre is Poe often credited with developing?
A) Romanticism
B) Fantasy
C) Science fiction
D) Detective fiction
- 3. In which year was 'The Philosophy of Composition' published?
A) 1835
B) 1846
C) 1842
D) 1850
- 4. Poe emphasized the significance of which emotional response in readers?
A) Fear
B) Joy
C) Beauty
D) Piety
- 5. Which work discusses the relationship between poetry and music?
A) The Philosophy of Composition
B) The Poetic Principle
C) The Southern Literary Messenger
D) The Literati
- 6. Poe's views on poetry were influenced by which movement?
A) Modernism
B) Realism
C) Naturalism
D) Romanticism
- 7. In 'The Philosophy of Composition', Poe uses the example of which poem?
A) Ulalume
B) Annabel Lee
C) To Helen
D) The Raven
- 8. Poe's essays have influenced which field most significantly?
A) Literary criticism
B) Psychology
C) Theology
D) Philosophy
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