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