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Poe’s Short Stories
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Poe’s Short Stories
by:
Edgar Allan Poe
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“MS. Found in a Bottle” (1833)
“Ligeia” (1838)
“The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839)
“William Wilson” (1839)
“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
“The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843)
“The Pit and the Pendulum” (1843)
“The Black Cat” (1843)
“The Purloined Letter” (1844)
“The Masque of the Red Death” (1845)
“The Cask of Amontillado” (1846)
Characters
Character List
Roderick Usher
C. Auguste Dupin
William Wilson
Lady Ligeia
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“MS. Found in a Bottle” (1833)
“Ligeia” (1838)
“The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839)
“William Wilson” (1839)
“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
“The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843)
“The Pit and the Pendulum” (1843)
“The Black Cat” (1843)
“The Purloined Letter” (1844)
“The Masque of the Red Death” (1845)
“The Cask of Amontillado” (1846)
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1
. How many rooms does Prince Prospero’s palace contain?
Five
Three
Ten
Seven
2
. With which river does the narrator of “Ligeia” associate his first wife?
The Seine
The Rhine
The Mississippi
The Po
3
. Who is the author of “Mad Trist,” the romance that the narrator reads to Roderick Usher?
Sir Launcelot Canning
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Venerable Bede
4
. In “The Black Cat,” what is the name of the narrator’s first cat?
Saturn
Pluto
Mercury
Venus
5
. Where does the narrator hide the old man’s dismembered body in “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
Under the floorboards
In the attic
In a dumpster
Under the bed
6
. What nonhuman animal appears on Montresor’s coat of arms?
A dog
A rat
A serpent
A bear
7
. In which country does William Wilson murder his double?
Italy
France
Sweden
England
8
. In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” what piece of evidence indicates to Dupin that the owner of the Ourang-Outang is a sailor?
Flippers
Naval stationery
A knotted ribbon
An embroidered handkerchief
9
. What geographical feature forms the front yard of the Usher mansion?
A flower garden
High grass
A mud pit
A tarn
10
. As what does Fortunato dress for the carnival?
A bullfighter
A black-masked villain
A court jester
A French musketeer
11
. What does William Wilson wear at the duke’s ball?
A Spanish cloak
A red mask
A jester’s skirt
A monk’s robes
12
. At what time of night does the mysterious guest arrive in “The Masque of the Red Death”?
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Midnight
13
. Which group of writers does the narrator of “MS. Found in a Bottle” originally dislike?
French symbolists
Italian romantics
German moralists
American realists
14
. Who saves the narrator in “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
General George Washington
General Lasalle
General Patton
General Mills
15
. In what city does Minister D—— from “The Purloined Letter” insult Dupin?
Paris
Vienna
Hamburg
Rome
16
. Which of the following schools does William Wilson attend?
Harvard
Cambridge
Eton
Winchester
17
. With what does Fortunato indicate to Montresor that he is a Mason?
A hand signal
A trowel
A secret slogan
A piece of paper
18
. In which country does the narrator of “Ligeia” purchase an abbey?
America
Germany
France
England
19
. In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” whom do the police originally arrest?
The narrator
Henri Cuvier
Adolpe Le Bon
Alexander von Humboldt
20
. In “The Black Cat,” what shape does the second cat’s white fur form?
A judge’s gavel
The gallows
The scales of justice
An electric chair
21
. In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” where does the narrator first meet Dupin?
In a coffee shop
At a party
At a convention
In a library
22
. Which element of torture does the narrator encounter last in “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
Hot walls
A sharp pendulum
Hungry rats
A deep pit
23
. On which night of his observation of the old man does the narrator from “The Tell-Tale Heart” commit murder?
The first
The eighth
The seventh
The third
24
. The mysterious guest in “The Masque of the Red Death” comes dressed as what?
A court jester
A bullfighter
A bloody corpse
A French aristocrat
25
. Along with the narrator, who survives the first hurricane in “MS. Found in a Bottle”?
A young Frenchman
An old Swede
A bitter Italian
A smart American
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