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I Know Poe!

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Poe, Edgar Allan : I Know Poe!

Introduction:
"I think of Edgar Allan Poe as a night writer. I feel that he must have written mainly in the dead of night. And he is best read at night, too. Take this quiz and see how much you know about Poe."


1. Where was Edgar Allan Poe born and in what year?
    Boston, 1809
    Boston, 1850
    Baltimore, 1809
    Baltimore, 1850


2. Edgar Allan Poe's genius was more widely acknowledged in _________.
    the United States
    Mexico
    Japan
    France


3. Which story begins with the following: 'True! - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?...?
    The Premature Burial
    The Black Cat
    The Tell-Tale Heart
    The Murders in the Rue Morgue


4. According to one of his poems, who lived in a kingdom by the sea?
    Annabel Lee
    Lady Usher
    Sarah Lee
    Lady Madeline


5. Which was one of his earliest science-fiction tales?
    The Cask of Amontillado
    The Balloon-Hoax
    The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
    The Gold-Bug


6. What was Edgar Allan Poe's first book titled?
    Tales of Grotesque and Arabesque
    Messenger
    The MS. Found in a Bottle
    Tamerlane and Other Poems


7. 'Nevermore' is famous for which of his pieces?
    To Helen
    Annabel Lee
    The Bells
    The Raven


8. Edgar Allan Poe married 13 year old, Virginia Clemm, who was __________.
    his step-father's daughter
    his niece
    his cousin
    his godfather's daughter


9. 'There could be no doubt of the design of my tormentors -oh! most unrelenting! oh! most demoniac of men! I shrank from the glowing metal to the center of the cell.' Where can you read this line?
    Answer: (5 Words)


10. When and where did Edgar Allan Poe die?
    Maryland, 1901
    Baltimore, 1849
    Boston, 1901
    Maryland, 1846


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