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Edgar Allen Poe Story Trivia

Isn’t it obvious, Fortunato?
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Last updated: October 24, 2023
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In the story “The Murders In the Rue Morgue” who (or what) did it?
Orangutan
What is the name of the party’s host in “The Masque of the Red Death”?
Prince Prospero
What is the physical abnormality of the old man that drives the killer to hate him in “The Tell-Tale Heart”?
Glass eye
What is the title character’s first name in “The Fall of the House of Usher”?
Roderick
In the story “Hop-Frog,” who is Hop-Frog’s love interest?
Trippetta
Annabelle Lee lived in a kingdom by the ___.
Sea
What character gets holed up in a wall in “The Cask of Amontillado”?
Fortunato
What malady did the narrator of “The Premature Burial” apparently suffer from?
Catalepsy
Which relatively obscure Native American tribe is mentioned in “The Man Who Was Used Up”?
Kickapoo
Which religious founder’s so-called “prophecy” is implied in “Silence-A Fable”?
Muhammad
What tribunal sentences the narrator to death in “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
Spanish Inquisition
What does the main character hold on to in order to survive in “A Descent Into the Maelstrom”?
Barrel
Who is the principal detective in Poe’s mystery stories?
C. Auguste Dupin
In what U.S. state does “The Gold Bug” take place?
South Carolina
What magazine did Poe’s stories first appear in?
Philadelphia Saturday Courier
2 Comments
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Level 65
Dec 19, 2023
glad to be one of the first 12 to find this gem
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Level 41
May 7, 2024
It's not really a gem, it's a quiz, but I guess you better spread the word.