Tell-Tale Heart
This short story is the narrator explaining how and why he did what?
Killed the old man
Fill in the blank to complete the famous title of a Poe work:
THE TELL- _____ Heart
TALE
In which city was Edgar Allan Poe born?
Boston, MA
NFL Team named after one of Poe's works
Baltimore Ravens
This short story is told from which perspective?
A) 1st person
B) 2nd person
C) 3rd person
A) 1st person
Poe's most famous poem that depicts a man unsure if a bird is communicating with him.
The Raven
Poe married his wife when she was 13 and he was 27. She shares a first name with one of the states that Edgar lived in at one point in his life. What is his wife's first name?
Virginia
1964 movie based on a Poe short story. THE MASQUE OF THE _______ _________ (two words)
In paragraph 1, the narrator says that one of his senses is especially sharp. Which sense is it?
A) Taste
B) Hearing
C) Touch
D) Vision
B) Hearing
Fill in the blank to complete the famous title of a Poe work:
THE CASK OF _______________
AMONTILLADO
Which University did Poe drop out of?
University of Virginia
2023 Netflix horror mini-series. Alicia Keys was not involved.
The Fall of the House of Usher
In paragraph 2, the narrator says he forms his plan because
A) He wants the old man's gold
B) The old man insulted him
C) He can't stand the old man's eye
D) The old man wronged him
C) Can't stand the old man's eye
Fill in the blank to complete the title of one of Poe's most famous poems
ANNABELL ______
LEE
What profession did both of Poe's parents work?
Actors
2012 movie starring John Cusack with the following summary on IMDB:
"When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality"
The Raven
In the middle of paragraph 3, what does the narrator mean by a “dark lantern”?
A) One that is not lit
B) A lantern that does not work
C) One that it lit but covered up
D) A lantern with a black-light bulb
C) Lit but covered up
Which Poe short story includes the name of one of the performers in last night's superbowl?
The Fall of the House of Usher
What detail about Edgar Allan Poe was suspicious or odd at the time of his death?
Wearing clothes that were not his
Abraham Lincoln