- 1. In what year was Edgar Allan Poe born?
A) 1909
B) 2009
C) 1709
D) 1809
- 2. What is the name of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem about a bird?
A) The Raven
B) The Blackbird
C) The Nightingale
D) The Crow
- 3. What is the title of Edgar Allan Poe's famous detective story featuring C. Auguste Dupin?
A) The Tell-Tale Heart
B) The Cask of Amontillado
C) The Fall of the House of Usher
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) Ligeia
B) The Pit and the Pendulum
C) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
D) The Black Cat
- 5. Which of Poe's works is often considered a hallmark of Gothic fiction due to its dark, mysterious setting and supernatural elements?
A) Annabel Lee
B) The Bells
C) To Helen
D) The Fall of the House of Usher
- 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 Fall of the House of Usher
D) The Premature Burial
- 7. In which city did Edgar Allan Poe die?
A) Boston
B) Baltimore
C) Philadelphia
D) New York
- 8. Which literary device does Poe frequently use in his works to create a musical effect?
A) Simile
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Irony
- 9. Poe is credited with popularizing which literary device often characterized by a story within a story?
A) Flashback
B) Foreshadowing
C) Epiphany
D) Frame narrative
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