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Edgar Allan Po-etry Trivia Quiz

Identify the Edgar Allan Po-em from the lines provided.

A multiple-choice quiz by RavenHex. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
RavenHex

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
71,047

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
672

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. 'Thy soul shall find itself alone 'Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone...' Hint

A Dream Within a Dream

Alone

Spirits of the Dead

A Dream

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car, And driven the hamadryad from the wood...' Hint

Ulalume

Romance

Sonnet - To Science

To Helen

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Question 3 of 10

3. '...the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome.' Hint

Romance

Lenore

The Coliseum

To Helen

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'A hideous throng rush out for ever And laugh - but smile no more.' Hint

The Haunted Palace

The City in the Sea

Al Aaraaf

The Conqueror Worm

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Question 5 of 10

5. '...the play is the tragedy, 'Man'...' Hint

Scenes From 'Politian'

The Conqueror Worm

To One in Paradise

The Coliseum

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'Let no bell toll, then, - lest her soul, amid its hallowed mirth, Should catch the note as it doth float up from the damned Earth!' Hint

Ulalume

The Bells

Lenore

Annabel Lee

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'In her sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea.' Hint

Lenore

Annabel Lee

Ulalume

To Helen

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.' Hint

Ulalume

The Valley of Unrest

Al Aaraaf

A Dream

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town...' Hint

Goblin Market

The Conqueror Worm

The City in the Sea

Al Aaraaf

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'I dwelt alone In a world of moan...' Hint

Eulalie - A Song

An Enigma

Eldorado

Dreamland

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Thy soul shall find itself alone 'Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone...'

Answer: Spirits of the Dead

Opening lines.

2. 'Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car, And driven the hamadryad from the wood...'

Answer: Sonnet - To Science

3. '...the glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome.'

Answer: To Helen

'Helen' was Mrs. Stannard, whose death also inspired Lenore.

4. 'A hideous throng rush out for ever And laugh - but smile no more.'

Answer: The Haunted Palace

Roderick Usher sings these lines in 'The Fall of the House of Usher'.

5. '...the play is the tragedy, 'Man'...'

Answer: The Conqueror Worm

...And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

6. 'Let no bell toll, then, - lest her soul, amid its hallowed mirth, Should catch the note as it doth float up from the damned Earth!'

Answer: Lenore

7. 'In her sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea.'

Answer: Annabel Lee

Poem's last lines. Who else had to memorize this one in junior high?

8. 'It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.'

Answer: Ulalume

9. 'No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town...'

Answer: The City in the Sea

These are the opening lines of the second stanza. Christina Rossetti wrote 'Goblin Market'.

10. 'I dwelt alone In a world of moan...'

Answer: Eulalie - A Song

Opening lines.

Source: Author RavenHex

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