Edgar Allan Poe: Life And Works
Show what you know about Poe!
- 1.
What year was Edgar Allan Poe born?- A.
1809
- B.
1909
- C.
1849
- D.
1949
- 2.
Edgar Allan Poe is known as the first writer of what genre of writing?
- A.
Romantic fiction
- B.
Nonfiction
- C.
Detective fiction
- D.
Horror fiction
- 3.
What is Poe's most famous poem?
- A.
"Annabel Lee"
- B.
"The Raven"
- C.
"The Bells"
- D.
"Tell-Tale Heart"
- 4.
What job did Poe's birth parents have?
- A.
Tobacco merchants
- B.
Writers
- C.
Actors
- D.
None
- 5.
Why did Poe get kicked out of West Point Military School?
- A.
He drank too much.
- B.
He broke too many rules.
- C.
He left the base.
- D.
He scared too many people.
- 6.
How did Poe's wife, Virginia, die?
- A.
She was murdered.
- B.
She got tuberculosis.
- C.
She had a brain tumor.
- D.
She killed herself.
- 7.
Poe died at the age of 40. What city did he die in?
- A.
New York
- B.
Philadelphia
- C.
Baltimore
- 8.
What is the wind a symbol for in "Annabel Lee"?
- A.
Murder
- B.
Love
- C.
Tuberculosis/disease
- D.
Family
- 9.
Who is the poem, "Annabel Lee", probably written about?
- A.
Poe's mother
- B.
Poe's adopted mother
- C.
Poe's aunt
- D.
Poe's wife/cousin
- 10.At the beginning of "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator says, "TRUE! - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am MAD?" What is the meaning of the word MAD as the narrator uses is?
- A.
Angry
- B.
Crazy
- C.
Frustrated
- D.
Sane
- 11.
In "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator tells us that he doesn't want the man's gold and that he loves the old man. So, why does he want to kill him?
- A.
He's annoyed by the old man's voice.
- B.
He is driven crazy by the old man's eye.
- C.
He wants the old man's house.
- D.
He is angry that the old man is smarter than him.
- 12.
How long does the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" watch the old man while he's sleeping?
- A.
One day
- B.
One month
- C.
One year
- D.
One week
- 13.
What does the old man do on the 8th night?
- A.
He sits up in bed and cries, "who's there??"
- B.
He sleeps soundly.
- C.
He attacks the narrator.
- D.
He crawls under his bed.
- 14.
How does the narrator kill the old man?
- A.
He stabs him in his heart with a knife.
- B.
He suffocates him under the bed mattress.
- C.
He strangles him with his hands.
- D.
He poisons him.
- 15.
What is the CLIMAX of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
- A.
When the old man wakes up.
- B.
When the narrator confesses.
- C.
When the narrator kills the old man a puts his body under the floor boards.
- D.
When the narrator stalks the old man.
- 16.
What is the beating heart a symbol of?
- A.
A feeling of hatred
- B.
A feeling of sadness
- C.
A feeling of guilt
- D.
A feeling of confusion
- 17.
What is the RESOLUTION of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
- A.
The narrator gets away with the murder.
- B.
The old man comes back to life.
- C.
The police question the narrator.
- D.
The narrator confesses.
- 18.Why does the narrator confess to the police?
- A.
He hears the beating of the old man's heart in his head.
- B.
He sees a spot of blood on the floor and thinks they'll see it.
- C.
He thinks the police already know.
- D.
He isn't a very good liar.
- 19.
The _______________ of a fiction text is the beginning in which the author tells us about the characters and begins the plot.
- A.
Resolution
- B.
Rising action
- C.
Introduction or exposition
- D.
Falling action
- 20.
The ____________ of a fiction text is the highest point of action in the plot.
- A.
Introduction or exposition
- B.
Falling action
- C.
Climax
- D.
Resolution or conclusion
- 21.The _____________ is the series of all the actions in a story.
- A.
Theme
- B.
Plot
- C.
Resolution
- D.
Summary
- 22.
When we compared and contrasted "The Tell-Tale Heart" text with the video versions, what kind of connections were we making?
- A.
Text-to-Self Connections
- B.
Text-to-Text Connections
- C.
Text-to-World Connections
- 23.When we stopped and tried to figure out what was going to happen NEXT while reading "The Tell-Tale Heart", what were we doing?
- A.
Making Connections
- B.
Summarizing
- C.
Predicting
- D.
Inferring
- 24.What was the last word that Poe was screaming before he died?
- A.
Virginia!!!
- B.
Raven!!!
- C.
Murder!!!
- D.
Reynolds!!!
- 25.
How did Poe die?
- A.
He was murdered.
- B.
He committed suicide.
- C.
He had a brain tumor.
- D.
We don't know for sure. It's a mystery!
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