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1. In 1843, Poe published a thrilling short story about pirates searching for treasure. The name of the story is "The ____-Bug." What word goes in the blank?
2. One of Poe's most anthologized stories is an eerie mystery titled "The _______ in the Rue Morgue". What word goes in the blank?
3. In 1849, Poe published a poem about his powerful love for a young beauty:
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom ___________,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee."
What goes in the blank?
4. Poe wrote a mystery story set in Paris involving a minister and a letter. The title is "The ______ Letter." What word goes in the blank?
5. In 1845, Poe published a poem titled: "A _____ Within a _____". What is the one word that goes in both blanks?
6. A famous story by Poe about the debilitating effects of guilt is titled "The _____ Heart." What hyphenated word goes in the blank?
7. One of Poe's stories was set in a torture chamber during the Spanish Inquisition. It is called "The Pit and the _______." What is the weighty word or phrase that goes in the blank?
8. Poe wrote a story in 1850 about a Prince and a group of people trying to outsmart the plague titled "The Masque of the ______." What goes in the blank?
9. In 1845, Poe published what might be his most famous poem, "The Raven". One of the memorable lines from the poem is "Quoth the Raven, '_______.' What goes in the blank?
10. The following are opening lines to "The Raven":
"Once upon a midnight _______, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore..."
What word goes in the blank?
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