Edgar Allen Poe, Yo
Wordy and Nerdy
Proud Poets
Rip Van Wrinkley Old Man
Stanza and Story
100

This kind of bird visits the narrator in a fever dream of a poem.

(A) Raven

100

This word means big, gigantic, massive, huge.

Colossal 

100

This was a movement in upper Manhattan that characterized an entire genre of poetry and stories from predominantly Black artists.

The Harlem Renaissance 

100

Rip, despite being a good guy, is very ______.

Lazy

100

"I once met a traveler from an antique land who said" WHAT stands in the desert?

A broken statue.

200

This kind of bird is referenced in Edgar Allen Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart" regarding a man's ________ eye. 

Vulture

200

This word means stubborn; unwilling to change one’s mind. Like Mr. Dempsey when you ask him for candy for no reason!

Obstinate

200

The main idea of the Harlem Renaissance was ______.

Resilience 

200

Rip falls asleep for how many years?

Twenty

200

The Monkey's Paw grants how many wishes?

Three (also would accept tres)

300

A ticking in this madman's home is believed (by him) to be....

A beating heart

300

This word means friendly and pleasant. 

Amiable

300

Still I ____

Rise

300

Rip goes to the ______ to escape Dame Van Winkle.

Mountains

300
The town gathers around for an annual _____

Lottery, drawing, meeting

400

Tell-Tale Heart's narrator said he's.....

Not crazy

400

This word means: watchful; on the lookout for danger or trouble. Like Mad-Eye Moody.

Vigilant

400

This is the metaphor from "Mother to Son." Life is a _______

Staircase

400

What game are the Dutchmen playing in the Kaatskill Mountains?

Ninepins

400

Art helps communities tell the....

TRUTH

500

How many days did he watch the old man before he tries to take the Vulture Eye?

Three

500

This word means: calm and still. Like a tranquil nature scene.

Placid.

500

What happens to a dream deferred?


      Does it dry up

      like a raisin in the sun?

      Or fester like a sore—

      And then run?

      Does it stink like rotten meat?

      Or crust and sugar over—

      like a syrupy sweet?


      Maybe it just sags

      like a heavy load.

____________________________

Or does it explode? (Must answer line exactly as written)

500

What war was fought while Rip was asleep?

The Revolutionary War

500

The mood of Ozymandias is lonely and full of _____.

Irony