Poe Trivia

How old was Poe when his mother died?

• He was three years old

• He was four years old

• He was five years old

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True or False? Poe went to live with John Allan, a successful businessman, in Richmond, Virginia after his mother died

• True

• False

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Poe left school and enlisted in the army with the name of _____

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In 1827 he published his first book which was a book of....

• short stories

• poems

• essays

• documentaries

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Poe was one of the many practitioners of the _______ genre

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Which is not a story written by Edgar Allan Poe?

• The black cat

• The raven

• Five pigs

• William Wilson

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Poe's mother and wife, both died of _____

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Poe's most well known detective character is...

• Sherlock Holmes

• Auguste Dupin

• Hercule Poirot

• Thomas Magnum

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In which of these literary genres did Poe not publish?

• Epic poem

• Adventure novel

• Satire

• Detective fiction

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