Poe test Flashcards

1
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t/f Poe’s own life was as dark and dismal as the fiction he wrote

A

T

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2
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t/f Poe is the inventor of the romance novel

A

F

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3
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t/f Poe was an alcoholic

A

T

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4
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t/f Poe was raised by his natural parents

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F

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5
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t/f Poe argued that a short story should be constructed to achieve a single effect

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T

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6
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t/f Poe married his 16 year old cousin

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F

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7
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t/f Poe was an editor for a series of magazines where he endeavored to expose literary pretensions of certain others

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T

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8
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t/f The narrator loved his second wife as much as he loved his first wife

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F

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9
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t/f The narrator with three ruby red drops of some liquid falling into his wife’s wine glass

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T

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10
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t/f The narrator’s first wife returning from the grave by changing places with his second wife

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T

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11
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t/f Ligeia believes that a strong enough will can conquer even death

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T

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12
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The visitor in the raven is called all of the following except a

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Soul in the mourning

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13
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Which of the following lines does not have internal rhyme

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“and each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.”

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14
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In “ the raven,” When the narrator opens the door of his chamber and peers out, he half expects to find

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the deceased woman with whom he has been in love

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15
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The speaker in “The raven” can best be described as a

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Melancholy person trying to forget a tragedy

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16
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Near the end of the poem, the speaker asks the raven two questions to which the bird answers “ Nevermore.” These questions concern

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What will happen after death

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17
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In which lines below are the underlines words an example of alliteration

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What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore

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18
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The final stanza of “the raven” ends upon a note of complete

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Despair

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19
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We can infer from the ending of “the raven” that

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The speaker will never escape his despair

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20
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Which word in the following passage is an example of onomatopoeia

A

Tapping

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21
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Which one of the following events does NOT occur at the end of “the fall of the house of usher”?

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Madeline and Roderick attack the narrator

22
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In “The fall of the house of usher,” The narrator discovers that roderick is all of the following except

A

Bedridden

23
Q

The mood that is sustained throughout “ the fall of the house of usher” is one of pervasive

A

Horror and gloom

24
Q

Before he enters the usher mansion, the narrator notes “ a barely perceptible fissure” in the building; this is an example of

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foreshadowing

25
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The basic facts of “the fall of the House of Usher” include all the following except one. which is the exception?

A

Roderick has a twin sister, who dies of a cataleptic seizure the first night

26
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The narrator’s first wife taught him

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Metaphysics and transcendentalism

27
Q

I attributed the “, “” to

A

Joseph Glanville

28
Q

“My brain reeled… to assumptions and aspirations which morality had never before known.” To what does the narrator refer?

A

His wife’s view about mans will in overcoming death

29
Q

Narrator’s first wife some cereal picture of Harley, despair ultimate death and decay and her phone with “man” as the tragedy and conqueror worm as the hero

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Conqueror worm

30
Q

Ashtophet, a goddess mentioned in poes description of the narrator’s first wife was the goddess of

A

love and fertility

31
Q

Fortunato

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The cast of amontillado

32
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Carnivale in Italy

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Cask of amontillado

33
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“Nevermore”

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The raven

34
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Idolatrous love

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Ligeia

35
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Madeline

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fall of the House of Usher

36
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Premature burial – catalepsy

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Fall of The house of Usher

37
Q

Single effect of irony

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Cask

38
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Premature burial- revenge

A

Cask

39
Q

Montressor

A

Cask

40
Q

A man who mourns his lost love

A

raven

41
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Catacombs

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Cask

42
Q

Passal athena

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The raven

43
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A court jester costume

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cask

44
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no one can harm me unpunished

A

cask

45
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In pace Requiescat

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cask

46
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Rowena

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Ligeia

47
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a strong enough will can overcome death

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ligeia

48
Q

roderick

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usher

49
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germany and england

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ligeia

50
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a story within story

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usher