What’s Your Edgar Allan Poe IQ?

Are you a connoisseur of the grotesque? The macabre? The dark corners of the imagination Edgar Allan Poe brought the world through his writing?

Lovers of literature all over the world enjoy the classic works of Edgar Allan Poe. Known best for his romantic poetry and dreary short stories, Poe is an American writer to be celebrated for centuries.

Test your knowledge of the famed gothic genius by taking our quiz! You may just be a Poe-t, and don’t even know it.

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous poets and fiction writers in American literature. From "The Raven" to "Annabelle Lee," Poe is the mind responsible for some greatly debated literary classics. He was published in the 1800s, but Poe is the author of some classics we're still studying in English class today. His works were known to be a little dark, with themes of lost love, hauntings, and overall emotional dread.

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Question 1/10

Where was Edgar Allen Poe born?

Boston
London
St. Louis
Paris

Question 2/10

Which 1845 poem, named famously for a bird, catapulted Edgar Allan Poe to national fame?

The Crow
The Sparrow
The Raven
The Eagle

Question 3/10

Which best describes the style of Edgar Allan Poe's writing?

Rollicking, Humorous
Family-friendly
Gothic, Macabre
Encouraging, Uplifting

Question 4/10

Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, has stated that Poe is responsible for which beloved genre of fiction?

The adventure novel
Epistolary ficition
Detective fiction
Historical fiction

Question 5/10

In addition to poetry and prose, Mr. Poe also dabbled in which other form of writing?

Literary criticism
Songwriting
Playwriting
Advertising

Question 6/10

Which of the following short stories was penned by Edgar Allen Poe?

"The Red Badge Of Courage"
"The Cask of Amontillado"
"The Purple Rose of Cairo"
"Be Still, Beating Heart"

Question 7/10

What were the circumstances surrounding Poe's mysterious death?

He was murdered by a rival writer
He jumped out of the window of the St. James hotel
He was found on the street, delirious, wearing clothes that weren't his
He died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 85

Question 8/10

In Poe's famed short story "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator hears an unyielding heartbeat coming from where?

From the backyard
From the bathroom
The next-door neighbors
Under the floorboards

Question 9/10

Quoth The Raven, "__________"

Furthermore
Nevermore
Sweet Lenore
Close the door

Question 10/10

Edgar Allan Poe's writing was largely a reaction to which movement popularized by writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau?

Neo-Classicism
Existentialism
Post-Modernism
Transcendentalism

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What’s Your Edgar Allan Poe IQ?