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Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Terror · Edgar Allan Poe
All the Tales Quiz
Twenty questions across all thirteen tales: Poe's people, places, devices and ideas.
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Q1
of 20
In which decades did Poe write these tales?
A
The 1790s and 1800s
B
The 1830s and 1840s
C
The 1870s and 1880s
D
The 1910s and 1920s
Q2
of 20
Which tales are told by a narrator insisting he is not mad?
A
The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat
B
Usher and The Masque of the Red Death
C
Ligeia and The Oval Portrait
D
Metzengerstein and Berenice
Q3
of 20
Which tale is about a man and his double?
A
The Black Cat
B
Berenice
C
Ligeia
D
William Wilson
Q4
of 20
In how many tales does someone seem to come back from the dead or the tomb?
A
Several: Ligeia, Usher, Berenice and more
B
None: Poe never uses the idea at all
C
Only one, and it turns out to be a dream
D
All thirteen of them, in exactly the same way
Q5
of 20
Who is buried alive in "The Fall of the House of Usher"?
A
The narrator
B
Roderick
C
A servant
D
Lady Madeline
Q6
of 20
Which tale takes place during the Spanish Inquisition?
A
The Cask of Amontillado
B
The Masque of the Red Death
C
The Pit and the Pendulum
D
The Oval Portrait
Q7
of 20
Which tale is set during an Italian carnival?
A
The Cask of Amontillado
B
The Masque of the Red Death
C
The Tell-Tale Heart
D
Metzengerstein
Q8
of 20
Which tale is an allegory of death that no wall can shut out?
A
The Premature Burial
B
The Oval Portrait
C
The Masque of the Red Death
D
The Fall of the House of Usher
Q9
of 20
Which tale suggests that art can drain the life from its subject?
A
Metzengerstein
B
The Oval Portrait
C
The Black Cat
D
The Premature Burial
Q10
of 20
What drives the narrator of "The Black Cat" to cruelty, by his own account?
A
Poverty, debt and a hungry family
B
Drink and the spirit of perverseness
C
A curse laid by a gypsy woman
D
His wife's constant nagging at him
Q11
of 20
Which tale uses the pseudo-science of mesmerism?
A
The Fall of the House of Usher
B
The Pit and the Pendulum
C
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
D
Metzengerstein: A Tale in Imitation of the German
Q12
of 20
What is Montresor's family motto?
A
Sic semper tyrannis
B
Nemo me impune lacessit
C
Dulce et decorum est
D
Per aspera ad astra
Q13
of 20
Which tale ends with a house literally falling?
A
Ligeia
B
The Black Cat
C
Metzengerstein
D
Usher
Q14
of 20
In which tale does a horse play the part of a reborn soul?
A
Metzengerstein
B
William Wilson
C
Valdemar
D
The Oval Portrait
Q15
of 20
What does Poe's method in these tales mostly rely on?
A
Many narrators and many letters
B
Comedy and a cheerful ending
C
One mind's fear, told from inside
D
Detectives and very clever clues
Q16
of 20
Which European tradition did Poe draw on for these tales?
A
The Greek epic and Roman satire
B
The Arthurian romance of chivalry
C
The Norse sagas and Icelandic eddas
D
The Gothic novel and German tale
Q17
of 20
Which later writer of weird fiction called Poe his model?
A
Jane Austen
B
Charles Dickens
C
H. P. Lovecraft
D
Mark Twain
Q18
of 20
What did Poe also invent, besides the modern horror tale?
A
The science-fiction film
B
The historical novel
C
The epistolary novel
D
The detective story
Q19
of 20
Which famous poem by Poe is not a tale, but appeared in 1845?
A
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
B
The Raven
C
Ozymandias
D
The Lady of Shalott
Q20
of 20
Who wrote these tales?
A
Edgar Allan Poe
B
Nathaniel Hawthorne
C
Washington Irving
D
Herman Melville