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Quiz about The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe Quiz

This is a quiz on Poe's short stories and novel. I hope you enjoy it!

A multiple-choice quiz by draculanut31. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
draculanut31

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
86,088

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

1. "Sick, I was sick unto death..." Which story's opening line is this from? Hint

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Gold Bug

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Question 2 of 15

2. What was the relation of the narrator to Roderick Usher in "The Fall of the House of Usher"? Hint

long lost brother

childhood friend

cousin

boyhood neighbor

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Question 3 of 15

3. Finish the title of this story: "Never Bet the Devil Your ______".

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 15

4. Poe also wrote detective stories. In "Murders in the Rue Morgue", who is the killer? Hint

the orangutan

the Frenchman

the Italian

the Spaniard

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Question 5 of 15

5. Complete this title: "The Facts in the Case of M. __________"

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 15

6. In the story "The Black Cat", what was the cat's name? Hint

Pluto

Milo

Patches

Neptune

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Question 7 of 15

7. In "The Tell-Tale Heart", what was it about the old man that turned the narrator's blood cold? Hint

His face

His hands

His eye

His voice

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Question 8 of 15

8. Finish this story title: "The Masque of the ____ Death".

Answer: (One Word, a color)

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Question 9 of 15

9. In "The Cask of Amontillado", what was the narrator's name? Hint

Fortunato

Montresor

Luchesi

It is never mentioned

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which story contains within it the poem "The Conqueror Worm"? Hint

The Fall of the House of Usher

Ligeia

The Pit and the Pendulum

Morella

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which of these is another Poe story that contains a poem? Hint

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Black Cat

Morella

The Fall of the House of Usher

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Question 12 of 15

12. What was the song that is sung to Roderick Usher by the narrator of the relevant story? Hint

The Raven

The Haunted Palace

Annabel Lee

The Bells

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Question 13 of 15

13. Poe wrote only one novel. It was called "The Narrative of A. Gordon ____ of Nantucket". What word is missing from the title?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 14 of 15

14. In "The Gold-Bug", the treasure was found by hanging the beetle from a string and lowering it through what? Hint

Small opening in the roof of a cave

Eye socket of a skull in a tree

Hole in the cover of an abandoned well

Attic window

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Question 15 of 15

15. In "The Black Cat", the narrator kills his wife with what weapon?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Sick, I was sick unto death..." Which story's opening line is this from?

Answer: The Pit and the Pendulum

This wonderful story really gives you a feeling of what the Spanish Inquisition must have been like.

2. What was the relation of the narrator to Roderick Usher in "The Fall of the House of Usher"?

Answer: childhood friend

In the beginning of the story, we read how the narrator received a letter from Roderick asking him to come, and the narrator commented how he hadn't seen Roderick since they were friends as children.

3. Finish the title of this story: "Never Bet the Devil Your ______".

Answer: Head

This is one of Poe's funny ones. Subtitled "A Tale with a Moral", it satirises transcendentalism, and the idea that every story must have a moral significance.

4. Poe also wrote detective stories. In "Murders in the Rue Morgue", who is the killer?

Answer: the orangutan

This story, in which Poe introduced the French detective Dupin, keeps you guessing till the very end. It was incredibly written.

5. Complete this title: "The Facts in the Case of M. __________"

Answer: Valdemar

This was a very interesting story about a man who underwent hypnosis to help with an ailment. But the hypnotist became obsessed with the idea that he could put Mr. Valdemar in articolo mortis, or prolong his life after death, and paid for it in the end.

6. In the story "The Black Cat", what was the cat's name?

Answer: Pluto

Boy, I wouldn't want to be that poor cat: first he got his little eye taken out with a pen knife and then he (if the second cat is indeed, as the narrator suspects, a reincarnation of Pluto) got walled up with the narrator's wife!

7. In "The Tell-Tale Heart", what was it about the old man that turned the narrator's blood cold?

Answer: His eye

"I think it was his eye--yes, it was this! It was all a pale blue with a film over it." The narrator's obsession with this eye led him to develop an intricate plan to kill the landlord, and eliminate the menace of his eye.

8. Finish this story title: "The Masque of the ____ Death".

Answer: Red

The people holed up in an old abbey to protect themselves from the plague outside their walls hold a dance as entertainment, but one of the guests seems to be Death. Things go rapidly downhill.

9. In "The Cask of Amontillado", what was the narrator's name?

Answer: Montresor

"For the love of God, Montresor!..Yes, for the LOVE OF GOD!" Fortunato did not appreciate being walled up by Montresor in retaliation for some unspecified slight.

10. Which story contains within it the poem "The Conqueror Worm"?

Answer: Ligeia

These were the words that Ligeia spoke to her husband shortly before she died.

11. Which of these is another Poe story that contains a poem?

Answer: The Fall of the House of Usher

This was the poem, written by Roderick Usher, that the narrator set to music and sang to Usher to try and calm him down.

12. What was the song that is sung to Roderick Usher by the narrator of the relevant story?

Answer: The Haunted Palace

"While, like a rapid ghastly river, through the pale door; a hideous throng rush out forever, and laugh--but smile no more." The story of a king whose palace is threatened by those who wish him ill illustrates the parlous state of Usher's mind.

13. Poe wrote only one novel. It was called "The Narrative of A. Gordon ____ of Nantucket". What word is missing from the title?

Answer: Pym

Published in 1837, the book narrates Pym's adventures at sea after stowing away on a whaling ship. It has been suggested that Herman Melville may have obtained some of the ideas he used in "Moby Dick" from Poe's work.

14. In "The Gold-Bug", the treasure was found by hanging the beetle from a string and lowering it through what?

Answer: Eye socket of a skull in a tree

For many, this story's main interest lies in its use of cryptography. Poe carefully had Legrand explain how he went about the process of solving a simple substitution cipher to interpret a cryptic message and locate the buried treasure.

15. In "The Black Cat", the narrator kills his wife with what weapon?

Answer: axe

He kills her in rage when she tries to keep him from killing that cat that is a constant reminder of his guilt at mistreating it. This part still makes my blood run cold every time I read it. There's nothing more haunting than the imagination.

Source: Author draculanut31

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