I Know Poe!

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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 Black Cat The Tell-Tale Heart The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Premature Burial

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

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

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

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

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

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 Maryland, 1846 Boston, 1901 Baltimore, 1849