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Quiz about Edgar Allan Poetry
Quiz about Edgar Allan Poetry

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.
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Author
RavenHex
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
71,047
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
673
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1. 'Thy soul shall find itself alone 'Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone...' Hint


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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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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