Edgar Allan Poe

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21 questions
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Edgar Allan Poe was raised by loving parents.

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Edgar Allan Poe was a good student.

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Edgar Allan Poe first published collections of poetry won him much acclaim.

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Edgar Allan Poe often worked as an editor.

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Edgar Allan Poe's wife ran away and left him.

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Edgar Allan Poe outlived many of his critics and continued writing many stories, poems, and editorials making him popular in his own time.

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Choose at least 3 things from the following list that Poe is given credit for.

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The setting of The Raven is _____.

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Lenore was ______.

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What woke the narrator?

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What does the narrator find when he opens the door?

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Pallas is an allusion to _______.

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How does the narrator respond to the raven?

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Which line has the best example of onomatopoeia?

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How does the raven answer the narrator?

The following are qualities of the gothic genre.
  • A curse or prophecy
  • A damsel
  • A hero
  • Romance
  • Intense emotions
  • Mystery
  • Suspense
  • Supernatural
  • Setting in an old castle or mysterious house
  • Gloom or horror
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Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

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Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

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Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

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Which literary device is being used in the following line?
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

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Read the following stanza- Based on the text what does ominous mean?
But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”

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In what ways do you thin the poem, The Raven, reflects Poe's life?