1. JeoPOErdy
Edgar Allan Poe
Review

2. Stories and Characters
JeoPOErdy
Stories and Characters
Life of POE
Themes & Symbols
POEms
Literary Elements
POE-purri
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200
300
400
500

3. Stories and Characters 100
In “The Purloined Letter” this person solves the mystery.
Who is Auguste Dupin?

4. Stories and Characters 200
Prince Prospero was trying to escape this disease by quarantining himself and 1,000 of his people.
What is the Red Death?
Bonus Question:
What actual disease did the Red Death most resemble when described?

5. Stories and Characters 300
“Annabel Lee” is written as an ode to whom?
Who is his wife, Virginia Clem?

6. Stories and Characters 400
In “The Pit and the Pendulum” the character faces many obstacles. How does he release himself from the table?
What is by smothering meat juice on the bandages and letting the rats gnaw him free.

7. Stories and Characters 500
Ironically, the narrator in “The Black Cat” says he likes pets. How many cats does he have during the story and what happens to it/them?
What is two.
The first has its eye cut out and is hanged.
The second follows him home and gets walled up with his dead wife. This one may be the reason the narrator gets caught in the end.

8. Life of POE 100 Poe lost the most beloved women in his life to this.
What is tuberculosis?

9. Life of POE 200 Poe was born and died during this century.
What is the 19th century (1800s)?
BONUS QUESTION – Where was Poe born?

10. Life of POE 300 Poe first tasted success with this poem.
What is “The Raven”?
Bonus Question – How much did he earn for “The Raven”?

11. Life of POE 400
Poe was found in the streets of this city and later died because of this.
What is Baltimore and an unknown reason?

12. Life of POE 500
Poe wrote “Annabel Lee” for this person. Name the relationship as well.
Who is Virginia Clem? She was his wife/cousin.

13. Themes and Symbols 100
This symbol was the driving force behind “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
What is the eye?

14. Themes and Symbols 200
Name the one theme of Poe’s that is most prominent in both “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
What is Fear of Insanity?

15. Themes and Symbols 300 Identify the theme present in “The Bells
What is Fear of Insanity?

16. Themes and Symbols 400
This symbol appears in all of the following stories: “The Black Cat,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Pit and the Pendulum”
What is the vortex/descent?

17. Themes and Symbols 500
In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Black Cat,” “The Bells” and “The Pit and the Pendulum” this symbols is used to make the reader feel more like a part of the story.
What is the unnamed narrator?
Bonus Question:
What point of view is used to write the majority of Poe’s stories we read in class?

18. POEms 100
Explain the four distinct stanza’s moods/messages in “The Bells.”
What is
Stanza I – Happy, joyful, Christmas like
Stanza II – Celebratory but aware, Wedding inspired
Stanza III – Cautious, warning, danger, fearful
Stanza IV – Gloomy, death, depressing
Answers may vary

19. POEms 200
Name four different literary elements present in “The Bells.”
What are Alliteration, Assonance, Rhyme, and Repetition?

20. POEms 300
Explain who Poe blames for Annabel Lee’s death and why they did so?
Who are the Angels (not half so happy in heaven) because they were jealous of the narrator and Annabel Lee’s love.

21. POEms 400
This happened to Annabel Lee, which also happens to be a favorite theme of Poe’s.
What is death of a woman?

22. POEms 500
Poe uses this metaphor as the reason for Annabel Lee dying in the poem.
What is the wind representing the disease?

23. Literary Elements 100 Identify the prominent literary element:
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE; -
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe
What is Rhyme?
Bonus Question – What type of rhyme is bolded?

24. Literary Elements 200
Identify the prominent literary element and explain:
What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe
What is Alliterarion?
Because of the strong ‘t’ sound of tale, terror, turbulency, and tells.

25. Literary Elements 300
Identify the prominent literary element and explain:
Hear the mellow wedding bells…
From the molten-golden notes…
“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe
What is Assonance?
Because of the short ‘e’ sound in mellow, wedding, and bells
Because of the long ‘o’ sound in molten, golden, and notes

26. Literary Elements 400
Identify the prominent literary element and explain.
“Groping about the masonry just below the margin, I succeeded in dislodging a small fragment, and let it fall into the abyss. For many seconds I hearkened to its reverberations as it dashed against the sides of the chasm in its descent; at length there was a sullen plunge into water, succeeded by loud echoes.”
“The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allan Poe
What is Imagery?
Answers may vary

27. Literary Elements 500
Identify the Climax of both “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Black Cat”
What is:
“The Cask of Amontillado” – Chaining to the granite and walling up the opening
“The Black Cat” – Killing his wife and hiding her body.

28. POE-purri 100
Identify three of Poe’s common motifs/symbols used in his writing.
What are
Black cats, black ravens, eye/orbs, hearts, midnight/witching hour
Answers may vary

29. POE-purri 200
Identify whether the sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
“I married early, and was happy to find in my wife a disposition not uncongenial with my own.”
“The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe
What is a simple sentence?

30. POE-purri 300 Poe uses intense, specific vocabulary to do this.
What is help establish the mood, give greater detail and meaning?
Answers may vary

31. POE-purri 400
Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
“When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little—a very, very little crevice in the lantern.”
“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
What is a complex sentence?
Bonus Question:
Identify the dependent clause in the sentence.

32. POE-purri 500
Even though Poe is very well known for his horror stories, he is known as the father of these.
What are detective stories?

33. Final Jeopardy
Identify the four main themes POE used and name which stories/poems followed those themes. Must have at least one story/poem for each theme.