What term is used for having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
What is macabre
100
When did Poe die?
What is October 7, 1849
100
Who took Poe in after he was orphaned at the age of 3
What is John and Frances Allen
100
A painter is so obsessed with painting the perfect portrait of his beautiful wife, that he does nothing else until it is finished
What is "The Oval Portrait"
100
Where did Poe purposely flunk out of?
What is West Point
200
Theory in which several different accounts from friends and colleagues claimed this to be the cause of death.
What is The Alcohol Theory
200
In what year did Poe take his first position as an editor of a magazine?
What is 1835
200
What was the cause of death for many of Poe's close family members?
What is tuberculosis
200
In what story does the reader see Poe's usual style in which the narrator of the story is the killer and thus the reader sees things through his eyes.
What is "The Black Cat"
200
What was Poe considered to be?
What is the father of the modern mystery genre
300
What was apparently created by Poe in "The Fall of the House of Usher" in which the narrator is reading the story and at the same time hears sounds that seem to coincide with what he is telling the reader
What is Mad Trist
300
In what year did Virginia die of tuberculosis?
What is 1847
300
How old was Virginia when she married Poe
What is 13
300
The poem questions the way one can distinguish between reality and fantasy
What is "A Dream within a Dream"
300
What was the cause of Poe's and John Allan's reconciliation?
What is the death of Francis Allan
400
What Theory was supported by letters from Poe to Maria Clemm
What is The Disease Theory
400
What year did Poe become an orphan?
What is 1811
400
With whom did Poe live after West Point?
What is Maria Poe Clemm and her young daughter, Virginia.
400
It is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. Repeats the word, "Nevermore"
What is "The Raven"
400
What was Poe famous for?
What is his cultivation of mystery and the macabre
500
What Theory explains why Poe was wearing someone else’s clothing when he was found
What is The Cooping Theory
500
When was Poe's perhaps most famous work published?
What is 1845
500
What were the first names of Poe's siblings?
What is William and Rosalie
500
One of the most widely read of Poe's stories. The narrator receives a desperate letter from a "boyhood friend" requesting that he come to see him.
What is "The Fall of the House of Usher"
500
What was John Allan's occupation that he expected Poe to continue with?