Edgar Allan Poe
The raven repeatedly says 'Nevermore.' This topic is part of Authors within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 10 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Edgar Allan Poe trivia questions
Edgar Allan Poe wrote which poem featuring a mysterious bird?
Answer: The Raven
Bonus fact: The raven repeatedly says 'Nevermore.'
Which Poe story features a narrator disturbed by an old man's eye?
Answer: The Tell-Tale Heart
Bonus fact: The narrator insists on sanity while describing murder.
Poe is often credited with helping invent what modern fiction genre?
Answer: Detective story
Bonus fact: C. Auguste Dupin appears in The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Which writer is famous for short stories such as The Tell-Tale Heart?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Bonus fact: Poe helped shape the modern short story.
Who wrote The Cask of Amontillado?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Bonus fact: The story was published in 1846.
Who wrote the short story The Black Cat?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Bonus fact: The story was published in 1843.
Who wrote The Murders in the Rue Morgue?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Bonus fact: The story appeared in 1841.
Who wrote the poem Annabel Lee?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Bonus fact: It was published shortly after Poe's death.
Who wrote The Pit and the Pendulum?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Bonus fact: The story was first published in 1842.
Who wrote the poem The Raven?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
Bonus fact: Poe's The Raven was first published in 1845 and became one of his best-known works.