- 1. In what year was Edgar Allan Poe born?
A) 1809
B) 1909
C) 1709
D) 2009
- 2. What is the name of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem about a bird?
A) The Nightingale
B) The Raven
C) The Crow
D) The Blackbird
- 3. What is the title of Edgar Allan Poe's famous detective story featuring C. Auguste Dupin?
A) The Fall of the House of Usher
B) The Cask of Amontillado
C) The Tell-Tale Heart
D) The Murders in the Rue Morgue
- 4. What was the title of Poe's only complete novel about a voyage to the South Pacific?
A) The Black Cat
B) The Pit and the Pendulum
C) Ligeia
D) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
- 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 Tell-Tale Heart
B) Berenice
C) The Premature Burial
D) The Fall of the House of Usher
- 7. In which city did Edgar Allan Poe die?
A) Philadelphia
B) Baltimore
C) New York
D) Boston
- 8. Which literary device does Poe frequently use in his works to create a musical effect?
A) Alliteration
B) Onomatopoeia
C) Simile
D) Irony
- 9. Poe is credited with popularizing which literary device often characterized by a story within a story?
A) Epiphany
B) Frame narrative
C) Flashback
D) Foreshadowing
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