Edgar Allan Poe

Question 0

Where was Poe born?

Answer 0

Boston

Question 1

How long was Edgar Allan Poe alive?

Answer 1

1809-1849

Question 2

What were his parent’s occupations?

Answer 2

Theatre actors; Poe was orphaned by age 2

Question 3

Where did Poe go to college?

Answer 3

University of Virginia, but dropped out do to gambling debts

Question 4

What other school did Poe go to? (not university)

Answer 4

West Point Academy when he joined the army, until hewas dismissed for defiance of regulations

Question 5

Who did Poe marry?

Answer 5

Virginia Clemm, his 13 year old cousin, who died of tuberculosis

Question 6

Readers believe that Virginia Clemm was a prototype for…

Answer 6

Anabelle Lee

Question 7

What happened after Poe left school because of gambling debts?

Answer 7

His stepfather disniherited him

Question 8

What were some interpersonal conflicts and difficulties Poe experienced?

Answer 8

Hampered by depression and eventually turned to alchohol

Question 9

At what age did Poe die?

Answer 9

40

Question 10

What were Poe’s occupations when he began his writing career?

Answer 10

Magazine and newspaper editor

Question 11

What genre of work is Poe known for?

Answer 11

Short stories

Question 12

What was his first volume of short stories entitled?

Answer 12

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

Question 13

How did Poe use the term “Arabesque‘‘ in his first volume of short stories?

Answer 13

Applied to his stories in which material was selected for its strangeness and its appeal to the faculty of wonder

Question 14

How did Poe use the term “Grotesque‘‘ in his first volume of short stories?

Answer 14

Applied to stories which had an element of horror

Question 15

What were Poe’s guidelines for writing the short story?

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1) Short enough to be read in one sitting
2) Produce a single emotional effet
3) Compact - no unnecessary words

Question 16

What type of story did Poe introduce?

Answer 16

Modern detective story

Question 17

What is a recurring theme in Poe’s poetry?

Answer 17

The death of a beautiful woman

Question 18

Poe was considered to be a master of the ________ horror tale

Answer 18

Gothic

Question 19

What were some of the distinctive themes that Poe would use?

Answer 19

Guilt
The human psyche
Grief and memory
The macabre (strange) and mystical (other-worldly)

Question 20

What are his most famous short stories?

Answer 20

The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Gold Bug, The Purloined Letter, The Masque of the Red Death, The Black Cat

Question 21

What qualities did Poe add to poetry?

Answer 21

Eerie quality
Distinct rhythms
Calculated musical qualities

Question 22

Name Poe’s famous poems.

Answer 22

The Raven, Annabel Lee, Lenore, The Bells, To Hellen, Alone

Question 23

What was his first volume of poetry entitled?

Answer 23

Tamarlane and Other Poems

Question 24

What were Poe’s contributions to the American short story?

Answer 24

Point of view
Creation of suspense
The exploration of the human mind
Unique tone

Question 25

Poe is respected as what 3 things?

Answer 25

Critic, writer, and editor

Question 26

His work is considered a refutation of what belief? Why?

Answer 26

Transcendentalism, because he was preoccupied with the dark, morbid, evil side of man’s nature

Question 27

Define Gothicism

Answer 27

The use in fiction of grotesque, gloomy settings (often castles) and mysterious, violent, and supernatural occurrences to creat suspense and awe

Question 28

Define allusion

Answer 28

Figure of speech, making casual reference to a famous historical, biblical, or literary figure or event

Question 29

Define tone

Answer 29

a writer’s attitude toward his subject, characters, and readers in a literary work

Question 30

Define internal rhyme

Answer 30

Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry

Question 31

Define alliteration

Answer 31

The repetition of consonant sounds usually at the beginning of words

Question 32

Define repetition

Answer 32

Repeating a word, phrase, sound, or idea in a poem for emphasis

Question 33

Define assonance

Answer 33

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line of poetry

Question 34

Define point of view:

Answer 34

The method of presenting the reader with the materials of the story, the perspective of the story

Question 35

Name the three points of view

Answer 35

1) Omniscient point of view
2) Limited point of view
3) Objective point of view