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Poe: Background, "TTH", "The Black Cat", "Cask of Amontillado" & "The Raven"
Poe: Background, "TTH", "The Black Cat", "Cask of Amontillado" & "The Raven"
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1
In "The Tell-Tale Heart", Poe creates suspense by using
the sound of the beating heart
the blinking of the eye
the narrator's breathing
2
Theories about Poe's death include all of the following EXCEPT:
Alcohol Poisoning
Brain Tumor
A Broken Heart
Rabies
3
The two sound devices used in "Open here I flung the shutter...with many a flirt and flutter"
End rhyme and onomatopoeia
Internal Rhyme and repetition
Alliteration and Internal Rhyme
Alliteration & Repetition
4
T or F: Internal rhyme is used in "The Raven" in EVERY stanza.
True
False
5
In "The Raven", the bust of Pallas is a symbol of
wisdom
insanity
Lenore
death
6
In "The Raven" why is the narrator reading?
to escape his pain
he's a scholar
he loves to read
he's got to study for a summative
7
Why does the bird only say "Nevermore"?
The narrator will never have more
The narrator will never see Lenore again
Because it's the only word it knows
It's master died before it could learn another word
8
When the character says one thing but means another
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Insane in the membrane,insane in the brain
Foreshadowing
9
In "The Tell-Tale Heart", the heart symbolizes
the narrator's sanity
life
love
the narrator's guilt
10
When a literal thing stands for, or represents, another thing or idea
Repetition
Symbol
Theme
Alliteration
11
T or F: End rhyme means the words rhyme both in the middle of the line and at the end of lines.
True
False
12
T / F: In "The Black Cat" the narrator's personality changes because he does not love his wife.
True
False
13
When Montresor toasts to Fortunato's "long life" it is an example of
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
the positive effects of Amontillado
The Poe Toaster
14
In "The Black Cat" the second cat is a symbol of
grief
alcoholism
the narrator's guilt
death
15
Poe's mother, step-mother and wife all died from:
Tuberculosis
Chicken Pox
They were murdered
Malnutrition
16
Poe was "adopted" by the Allen family but never got along with his
step-brother
cousin
step-father
step-mother
17
"Leave no black plume..Leave my loneliness...Take thy beak...Take thy form..." is an example of
Repetition
Alliteration
Symbol
Theme
18
In "The Black Cat" & "The Tell-Tale Heart", both narrators are
all of the above
insane
unreliable
guilty
19
In "The Raven" what is the narrator doing when he hears the tapping?
listening to music
reading
napping
watching tv
20
"Deep into that darkness peering...doubting, dreaming dreams" is an example of:
Theme
Repetition
Symbol
Alliteration
21
When a writer repeats the
same
words to create emphasis
Theme
Alliteration
Symbol
Repetition
22
In "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator kills the old man because of the old man's
age
beating heart
"vulture" eye
bad breath
23
Which of Poe's works expresses the theme that human beings cannot overcome a guilty conscience?
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
"The Raven"
Both "Tell Tale" & "The Black Cat"
"The Black Cat"
24
Readers knowing that Montresor seeks revenge (but Fortunato does not) is an example of
Iron Irony
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
25
Fortunato expects to drink Amontillado; instead he is "buried" alive. This is an example of
Iron chain Irony
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
26
What is special about the chair where the narrator sits in "The Raven"?
Lenore once sat there
Lenore bought it for him
The Raven perches upon it
It's a Lazyboy
27
In "The Tell-Tale Heart", the old man's eye is a symbol of
death
the narrator's good side
an eye
the narrator's inability to recognize his own insanity
28
T or F: "The Raven" is probably based on Poe's own loss of his wife.
True
False
29
The repetition of the beginning sounds of words near each is
Theme
Symbol
Alliteration
Repetition
30
Which of Poe's works expresses the theme of undying devotion and the pain of loss?
"The Raven"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
"The Black Cat"
Both "Tell Tale" & "The Black Cat"