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  1. This American author penned the famous poem featuring a bird that repeats "Nevermore."

    • Edgar Allan Poe
    • Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • Herman Melville
    • Washington Irving
  2. This dark bird sits upon a bust of Pallas in Poe's most celebrated poem.

    • Crow
    • Owl
    • Raven
    • Vulture
  3. This one-word response is the only thing the raven says throughout Poe's famous poem.

    • Forever
    • Nevermore
    • Nothing
    • Remember
  4. This genre of dark, suspenseful fiction is most associated with Edgar Allan Poe's literary legacy.

    • Romance
    • Comedy
    • Western
    • Horror
  5. This country served as Edgar Allan Poe's birthplace and the setting for most of his literary career.

    • United States
    • England
    • France
    • Ireland
  6. This beating organ drives the narrator mad in one of Poe's most famous short stories.

    • Brain
    • Heart
    • Lung
    • Eye
  7. This century saw Edgar Allan Poe live, write, and die.

    • 19th century
    • 18th century
    • 20th century
    • 17th century
  8. This type of literature featuring supernatural elements, gloomy settings, and mysterious events is synonymous with Poe's work.

    • Pastoral
    • Satirical
    • Romantic comedy
    • Gothic

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