Edgar Allen Poe
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100

What is Edgar Allen Poe most known for?

What is being a poet and writer.

100

What does Amontillado refer to?

What is a wine.

100

Who didn't like the new soldier at Fort Independence?

Who is Captain Green

100

What was Edgar's genre of poems?

What is Romantic, Mystery, and horror.

100

What is this an example of? 

"The reader feels very confused and curious while reading the story."

What is Mood

200

Why was Edgar unable to attend the University of Virginia?

What is he lost too much money from gambling.

200

Where was Fortunato's pride and enthusiasm?

What is in wine or wine making.

200

What was Captain Green marked as when he went missing?

What is a Deserter

200

What were three of the six named famous works?

What is "The Fall of the House of Usher","The Tell-Tale Heart","The Black Cat","The Raven","The Purloined Letter","The Pit and the Pendulum."

200

Fill in the blank.

The _____ reads the motions and actions of the characters and acts as the story teller.

What is Narrator

300

Where did Edgar's career really start?

What is Maryland.

300

How did the mysterious man trick Fortunato?

What is getting him drunk.

300

What caused Green's uproar?

What is, he claimed Massie to be a cheat

300

What was Edgar's first book?

What is "Tamerlane and other poems."

300

Fill in the blank.

"When you can trust someone, they are ________."

What is Reliable.

400

How much money did Edgar win for a story?

What is $50
400

How was Fortunato lead into the catacombs?

What is lead thinking that the scroll about Amontillado was in the catacombs.

400

Who led Green into the deep dungeon?

Who is the other soldiers on Fort.

400

What genre is Poe credited with creating?

What is Mystery and Science Fiction.

400

Fill in the blank.

All she does is lie and betray my trust. She's so __________."

What is unreliable.

500

What is Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem?

What is "The Raven."

500

Why didn't Fortunato stop the man from chaining him up?

What is he was too drunk to understand what what happening.

500

Who Green's supposed body many years later?

Who is Workman doing repairs.

500

How long has his murder gone unsolved for?

What is 150 years

500

What is this an example of?

When the audience knows something that not all the characters in the story or play are aware of.

What is Dramatic Irony