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