Edgar's Inspiration: His Wife and His Life Quiz

Answer: Little Eddie

She came up with it, not him. He was her darling "little Eddie". The Poe household was one of informal names. Poe called his wife "Sissy" and his mother-in-law, "Muddy".

Answer: Virginia Clemm was dying.

Frances Osgood and Edgar Allan Poe were rumored to have been in a relationship when Virginia was dying. Many people thought that this was extremely imprudent of both of them.

Answer: 27

Virginia was half as old as Edgar, approximately. Some people say that they were more like brother and sister than husband and wife.

Answer: cousin

Poe joined the Clemm household and fell in love with a neighbor. Virginia ferried notes back and forth between them. Later on, after Edgar had left the famiLy, he began to think of marrying Virginia.

Answer: Virginia Clemm

Many of Edgar Allen Poe's poems were modeled after Virginia. The poem tells of the love the poet has had for a woman since childhood. This love is maintained even after its subject's death. The poem was written two years after the death of Virginia and was not published until after Poe's death in that same year.

Answer: 40

He died two years after his beloved wife, possibly anguished from heartache. When they were first married, he was told by many to wait until she was older. However, he refused to wait. He loved Virginia too much for that. He was found wandering the streets of Baltimore, saying "'Reynolds!'", and "wearing clothes that were not his own". While at the hospital, he fell into a coma.

Answer: His mother died.

Edgar was two years old at the time. He was the son of Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and David Poe Jr. They were both actors/actresses. Elizabeth died shortly after David had abandoned the family, leaving Edgar as an orphan.

Answer: True

There is only one, and it is extremely creepy! It's almost as strange as some of his poems and stories!

Answer: Tuberculosis

It was known as consumption at the time. She died on January 30, 1847.

Answer: True

His "foster parents" never actually adopted him. They made him their godson after his parents died, and paid for him to go to school, but he never actually became a lawful Allan.