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50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration

1. When was Edgar Allan Poe born?
a) 1807
b) 1809
c) 1811
d) 1813

2. Which city is often associated with Edgar Allan Poe?
a) Boston
b) New York City
c) Philadelphia
d) Baltimore

3. Which of the following is NOT a work by Edgar Allan Poe?
a) The Scarlet Letter
b) The Raven
c) The Fall of the House of Usher
d) The Tell-Tale Heart

4. What is the title of Poe’s famous poem about a bird that repeats the word “Nevermore”?
a) The Cask of Amontillado
b) Annabel Lee
c) The Raven
d) The Tell-Tale Heart

5. Which of Poe’s poems features a narrator who mourns the death of his beloved cousin?
a) The Raven
b) The Tell-Tale Heart
c) Annabel Lee
d) The Fall of the House of Usher

6. What is the name of the protagonist in Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
a) Montresor
b) Fortunato
c) Roderick Usher
d) The narrator is unnamed50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET

7. Which of Poe’s stories features a character who is walled up alive in a cellar?
a) The Tell-Tale Heart
b) The Cask of Amontillado
c) The Pit and the Pendulum
d) The Masque of the Red Death

8. What is the name of Poe’s detective who appears in several of his stories?
a) Sherlock Holmes
b) Hercule Poirot
c) C. Auguste Dupin
d) Inspector Lestrade

9. Which of Poe’s stories features a man who believes he can hear the beating of the heart of the person he has murdered?
a) The Black Cat
b) The Cask of Amontillado
c) The Tell-Tale Heart
d) The Pit and the Pendulum

10. Which of Poe’s poems describes the speaker’s feelings of loss and mourning for his lost love Lenore?
a) The Raven
b) Annabel Lee
c) The Tell-Tale Heart
d) The Masque of the Red Death

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11. What is the subtitle of Poe’s poem “The Raven”?
a) A Tale of Murder and Madness
b) A Gothic Romance50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET
c) A Narrative Poem
d) A Christmas Carol

12. In which of Poe’s stories does the narrator suffer from a mental illness that causes acute senses?
a) The Fall of the House of Usher
b) The Tell-Tale Heart
c) The Cask of Amontillado
d) The Murders in the Rue Morgue

13. What is the name of Poe’s wife who died at a young age?
a) Virginia Clemm
b) Annabel Lee
c) Lenore
d) Elizabeth Barrett

14. Which of Poe’s stories is a satire of transcendentalism and features a narrator who believes he can commune with the dead?
a) The Fall of the House of Usher
b) The Tell-Tale Heart
c) The Masque of the Red Death
d) The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

15. What is the name of the protagonist in Poe’s story “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
a) Montresor
b) Roderick Usher
c) Fortunato
d) The narrator is unnamed

16. Which of Poe’s poems describes a beautiful kingdom ravaged by a deadly disease?
a) The Raven
b) Annabel Lee
c) The Masque of the Red Death
d) The Fall of the House of Usher

17. What is the title of Poe’s story about a man who becomes obsessed with a painting of his late wife?
a) The Oval Portrait
b) The Black Cat
c) The Tell-Tale Heart
d) The Cask of Amontillado

18. Which of Poe’s poems explores themes of grief and mourning for a deceased loved one?
a) The Raven
b) The Bells
c) Ulalume50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET
d) Eldorado

19. In Poe’s story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” what does the protagonist hear that drives him to madness?
a) The ticking of a clock
b) The ringing of a bell
c) The beating of a heart
d) The whispering of spirits

20. Which of Poe’s poems describes the tolling of bells and their symbolic significance?
a) The Bells
b) The Raven
c) Annabel Lee
d) Ulalume

21. What is the name of the protagonist in Poe’s story “The Fall of the House of Usher”?
a) Montresor
b) Roderick Usher
c) Fortunato
d) The narrator is unnamed

22. Which of Poe’s stories features a man who is buried alive in a catacomb?
a) The Pit and the Pendulum
b) The Tell-Tale Heart
c) The Cask of Amontillado
d) The Black Cat

23. What is the name of Poe’s tale about a man who descends into madness and murders his wife?
a) The Tell-Tale Heart
b) The Black Cat
c) The Pit and the Pendulum
d) The Masque of the Red Death

24. In Poe’s story “The Masque of the Red Death,” what does the red death represent?
a) The bubonic plague
b) Madness
c) Greed
d) War

25. Which of Poe’s poems describes the speaker’s journey through a mysterious landscape on Halloween night?
a) The Raven
b) Annabel Lee
c) Ulalume
d) The Bells

26. What is the name of the protagonist in Poe’s story “The Cask of Amontillado”?
a) Montresor
b) Roderick Usher
c) Fortunato
d) The narrator is unnamed

27. Which of Poe’s stories features a group of sailors who are shipwrecked and resort to cannibalism?
a) The Murders in the Rue Morgue
b) The Fall of the House of Usher
c) MS. Found in a Bottle50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET
d) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

28. What is the name of the mysterious character who appears in Poe’s poem “The Raven”?
a) Lenore
b) Annabel Lee
c) Pallas
d) Nevermore

29. Which of Poe’s poems explores the theme of lost love and the speaker’s longing to be reunited with his beloved in the afterlife?
a) The Raven
b) Annabel Lee
c) The Bells
d) Eldorado

30. What is the occupation of the protagonist in Poe’s story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”?
a) Detective
b) Doctor
c) Artist
d) Musician

31. Which of Poe’s poems describes a journey to a mythical land of eternal youth?
a) The Raven
b) Annabel Lee
c) Eldorado
d) Ulalume

32. What is the name of Poe’s satirical story about a balloon journey to the moon?
a) The Pit and the Pendulum
b) MS. Found in a Bottle
c) The Balloon-Hoax
d) The Gold-Bug

33. In Poe’s story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” what does the protagonist eventually confess to?
a) Murder
b) Theft
c) Adultery
d) Arson

34. Which of Poe’s stories features a carnival masquerade ball interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious figure?
a) The Tell-Tale Heart
b) The Masque of the Red Death
c) The Pit and the Pendulum
d) The Black Cat

35. What is the name of the protagonist’s wife in Poe’s story “The Black Cat”?
a) Lenore
b) Annabel Lee
c) Pluto
d) Virginia50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET

36. Which of Poe’s poems describes the speaker’s grief over the death of his beloved wife?
a) The Raven
b) Annabel Lee
c) The Bells
d) Ulalume

37. What is the name of the protagonist in Poe’s story “The Premature Burial”?
a) Montresor
b) Roderick Usher
c) Fortunato
d) The narrator is unnamed

38. Which of Poe’s stories features a mysterious figure who arrives at a masquerade ball dressed as the Red Death?
a) The Tell-Tale Heart
b) The Masque of the Red Death
c) The Pit and the Pendulum
d) The Black Cat

39. What is the occupation of the protagonist in Poe’s story “The Oval Portrait”?
a) Painter
b) Writer
c) Musician
d) Actor

40. Which of Poe’s poems describes the haunting of a man by the memories of his lost love?
a) The Raven
b) Annabel Lee
c) Ulalume
d) The Bells

41. What is the name of the protagonist in Poe’s story “The Gold-Bug”?
a) William Legrand
b) Montresor
c) Roderick Usher
d) The narrator is unnamed

42. Which of Poe’s stories features a man who descends into a dark pit and narrowly escapes death?
a) The Pit and the Pendulum
b) The Tell-Tale Heart
c) The Cask of Amontillado
d) The Black Cat50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET

43. What is the name of the protagonist in Poe’s story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether”?
a) Montresor
b) Roderick Usher
c) Fortunato
d) The narrator is unnamed

44. In Poe’s story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” what is the fate of the Usher family?
a) They are haunted by ghosts
b) They are killed in a fire
c) They are driven mad by their own fears
d) They are consumed by a curse

45. Which of Poe’s poems describes the sound of bells and their different meanings?
a) The Raven
b) Annabel Lee
c) The Bells
d) Ulalume

46. What is the name of the protagonist in Poe’s story “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket”?
a) Arthur Gordon Pym
b) Montresor
c) Roderick Usher
d) The narrator is unnamed

47. In Poe’s story “The Black Cat,” what crime does the protagonist commit?
a) Murder
b) Theft
c) Arson
d) Kidnapping

48. Which of Poe’s stories features a series of grotesque murders that are eventually solved by C. Auguste Dupin?
a) The Murders in the Rue Morgue
b) The Tell-Tale Heart
c) The Cask of Amontillado
d) The Black Cat

49. What is the name of Poe’s satirical story about a sailor who encounters strange adventures at sea?
a) The Pit and the Pendulum
b) MS. Found in a Bottle
c) The Balloon-Hoax
d) The Gold-Bug

50. Which of Poe’s poems describes the speaker’s encounter with a beautiful woman in a sepulcher?
a) The Raven
b) Annabel Lee
c) The Bells
d) Lenore

Answer

1. b) 1809
2. d) Baltimore
3. a) The Scarlet Letter
4. c) The Raven
5. c) Annabel Lee
6. d) The narrator is unnamed
7. b) The Cask of Amontillado
8. c) C. Auguste Dupin
9. c) The Tell-Tale Heart
10. c) The Tell-Tale Heart
11. a) A Tale of Murder and Madness
12. d) The Murders in the Rue Morgue
13. a) Virginia Clemm50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET
14. d) The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
15. d) The narrator is unnamed
16. c) The Masque of the Red Death
17. a) The Oval Portrait
18. b) The Bells50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET
19. c) The beating of a heart
20. a) The Bells
21. b) Roderick Usher
22. d) The Black Cat
23. a) Murder
24. a) The bubonic plague
25. c) Ulalume50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET
26. c) Fortunato
27. d) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
28. d) Nevermore50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET
29. b) Annabel Lee
30. a) Detective50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET
31. c) Eldorado
32. c) The Balloon-Hoax
33. a) Murder
34. b) The Masque of the Red Death
35. d) Virginia
36. b) Annabel Lee
37. d) The narrator is unnamed
38. b) The Masque of the Red Death
39. a) Painter
40. b) Annabel Lee
41. a) William Legrand
42. a) The Pit and the Pendulum
43. d) The narrator is unnamed
44. d)They are consumed by a curse
45. c) The Bells
46. a) Arthur Gordon Pym
47. a) Murder
48. a) The Murders in the Rue Morgue
49. b) MS. Found in a Bottle
50. b) Annabel Lee50+ MCQs on Edgar Allan Poe with Answers for UGC NET