The Life of Poe
Edgar Allan Poe lived in this century.
What is the 19th century?
"The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute."
Who is the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Fortunato's big mistake was doing this to Montresor.
What is insulting?
"The Tell-Tale Heart" narrator tells us that the Old Man has an eye like this bird.
What is a vulture?
The narrator of "The Black Cat" kills his cat because of this "spirit", which makes him do things just because they're wrong.
What is perverseness?
Edgar Allan Poe lost many loved ones to this disease.
What is tuberculosis?
"There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man."
The wife of "The Black Cat" is murdered because she did this.
What is, trying to protect the cat?
"The Cask of Amontillado" takes place in this country.
What is Italy?
Montresor says his goal is "not just punish, but punish with impunity", meaning...
What is punish without being punished himself?
Aside from alcohol, Poe was fond of this substance.
What is opium?
"Gentlemen," I said at last, as the party ascended the steps, "I delight to have allayed your suspicions. I wish you all health, and a little more courtesy. By the bye, gentlemen, this - this is a very well constructed house."
Who is the narrator from "The Black Cat"?
The narrator of "The Black Cat" blames his actions on this "Fiend".
What is intemperance?
"The Black Cat" narrator sees this object in the white splotch of fur on his cat's chest.
What is the gallows?
Montresor smiles at Fortunato while imagining this.
What is his immolation?
While Poe was alive, this movement attempted to ban alcohol.
What is the Temperance Movement?
"For the love of God, Montresor!"
Who is Fortunato from "The Cask of Amontillado"?
These are Montresor's two goals in seeking revenge on Fortunato.
What are, "punish with impunity" and making Fortunato feel exactly how he felt.
Montresor's family's coat of arms depicts this image.
What is a foot stepping on a snake that's biting its ankle?
The narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" tells us, "Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers --of my sagacity". He's telling us he feels powerful and...
What is wise or smart?
Poe was born in this city.
What is Boston?
"Ugh! ugh! ugh! --ugh! ugh! ugh! --ugh! ugh! ugh! --ugh! ugh! ugh! --ugh! ugh! ugh!"
Who is Fortunato?
The narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" offers this as proof that he's not mad.
What is his ability to conceal the body?
The narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" often uses this analogy to describe the sound of the beating of the Old Man's heart.
Montresor leads Fortunato through this network of underground cemeteries.
What are the catacombs?