The Works of Edgar Allen Poe

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1. In "The Tell Tale Heart", what animal does the narrator use to describe the old man's eye? Vulture Eagle Cat Tiger

2. How many rooms was the masquerade held in, in Prince Prospero's castle in "The Masque of the Red Death"? Seven Twelve Four Nine

3. Which sentence listed is NOT from "The Pit and the Pendulum"? "I was sick, sick unto death, with that long agony, and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me." "The radiance was that of the full, setting, blood-red moon which now shone vividly through that once barely-discernible fissure of which I have before spoken as extending from the roof of the building, in a zigzag direction, to the base." "Very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound - the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears, the sound of its beating." "A fearful idea now suddenly drove the blood in torrents upon my heart, and for a brief period I once more relapsed into insensibility."

4. In "The Fall of the House of Usher", what is the day, on which the narrator finds the House of Usher, described as? insufferably gloomy singularly dreary dull, dark, and soundless sublime

5. In "The Cask of Amontillado", what is the victim dressed, as for the party? A knight A magician A clown A prince

6. How did the narrator in "Tell Tale Heart" kill the old man? Choking him to death Smothering him with the heavy bed Stabbing him Shooting him

7. Fill in the blank: "Blood was its __________and its__________." ~ From "The Masque of the Red Death". Avatar; seal Messenger; herald avenger; master seal; finality

8. Fill in the blank: "I felt nothing; yet dreaded to move a step, lest I should be impeded by the walls of a _________." ~ From "The Pit and the Pendelum". Crypt Sepulcher Grave Tomb

9. Who is the proprietor of the House of Usher? Roger Usher Roderick Usher Rodney Usher Robert Usher

10. In "The Cask of Amontillado", what cult did Fortunato show he was in? Illuminati Knight's Templar FreeMasons Priory of Sion