Accomplishments and Legacies
Birth and Death Conspiracies
Family and Childhood
Literary Work and Schooling
Enemies and Love Life
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What was Edgar Allan Poe's job?
Poet and Author
100
When was Edgar Allan Poe born?
January 19, 1809
100
How many siblings did Edgar Allan Poe have?
2
100
Where did Poe first go to school?
A boarding school, in London, England.
100
How old was Poe's first wife when they married?
14
200
What was Poe's most famous poem?
The Raven
200
How many years did Edgar die after his wife died?
Two years
200
Who adopted Edgar Allan Poe after his parents died?
John and Frances Allan
200
What was Poe's most famous poem?
"The Raven"
200
What was Poe's worst enemy?
Rufus Griswold
300
When was he first recognized as a great poet?
After he died
300
What was Edgar's parents' names and occupations?
David and Eliza Poe. They were both actors
300
When did Edgar secretly engage to Sarah Elmira Royster?
1825
300
What university did Edgar attend?
Virginia
300
Why didn't Sarah Helen Whitman marry Edgar?
He was an alcoholic
400
What was his first published work?
Tamerlane and Other Poems
400
Where and when did Poe die?
In Baltimore, Maryland, on October 7, 1849.
400
What year did Edgar enlist in the army?
1827
400
What place did Edgar come in for his first writing magazine contest?
2nd Place
400
What was Poe's worst non-human enemy?
Tuberculosis
500
How much money did Edgar Allan Poe win by getting "The M S in a bottle" published in a magazine?
$50
500
What was Edgar's grandparents' names?
David and Elizabeth Poe
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Who was Edgar's childhood hero?
Lord Byron, a British poet
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When did Poe drop out of college?
1826
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How come Poe didn't marry Elmira Royster, his first love?
Elmira's father took the letters before she could receive them. Then she married another man.
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