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Annabelle Lee/ The Raven Biography Annabelle Lee/ The Raven Tell-Tale Heart Oval Portrait Amontillado 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 2

What is the first name of Edgar Allen Poe's wife? QUESTION: What is the first name of Edgar Allen Poe's wife? ANSWER: Virginia 3

QUESTION: True or False: Poe's adoptive father gave him plenty of money to live off of during his life. ANSWER: False, he gave him very little, expecting Poe to find his own paths to fortune. 4

What disease killed both Poe's mother and, later, his wife? QUESTION: What disease killed both Poe's mother and, later, his wife? ANSWER: Tuberculous (TB) [Two-ber-cu-loh-sis] 5

QUESTION: Name one of two things that Poe was very good at when he went to the University of Virginia. ANSWER: Art and writing 6

QUESTION: When Poe was 13, the mother of his best friend died. What was her name? ANSWER: Jane Stannard 7

QUESTION: Annabelle Lee is a fake name for someone in Poe's life. Who is that person? (You may name his relationship to him/her or his/her name.) ANSWER: Virginia, his young dead wife. 8

What is a sepulcher? A tomb or building used to house corpses. QUESTION: What is a sepulcher? ANSWER: A tomb or building used to house corpses. 9

What does “Nevermore” mean in “The Raven”? QUESTION: What does “Nevermore” mean in “The Raven”? ANSWER: Never Again. 10

Worth an extra prize to the team. DAILY DOUBLE!! Worth an extra prize to the team. QUESTION: What are both “The Raven” and “Annabelle Lee” about? ANSWER: A man grieving his dead wife. 11

What is the narrator asking the Raven? QUESTION: What is the narrator asking the Raven? ANSWER: If he will ever see his wife again. 12

What does “mad” mean in “The Tell-Tale Heart”? QUESTION: What does “mad” mean in “The Tell-Tale Heart”? ANSWER: Crazy or insane. 13

QUESTION: True or False: The narrator wants to kill the old man and steal his money. ANSWER: False, he says he loved the old man and had no wish for his material things. 14

What point of view is the story told from? QUESTION: What point of view is the story told from? A) First Person Point of View B) Second Person Point of View C) Third Person Point of View D) Omniscient Point of View ANSWER: A) First Person Point of View: He uses the term “I” and “me” and refers to things that he alone knows and did. 15

What is the theme of “The Tell-Tale Heart”? QUESTION: What is the theme of “The Tell-Tale Heart”? ANSWER: A guilty conscious will get you. 16

Worth an extra prize to your team! DAILY DOUBLE!! Worth an extra prize to your team! QUESTION: “It was a low, dull, quick sound – must like the sound a watch makes that has been wrapped in cotton.” What is the sound? ANSWER: Either the blood beating in his own ears or the “sound” of the dead man's heart beneath the floorboards. 17

QUESTION: True or False: The setting of “The Oval Portrait” is in a manor house one dark and stormy night long ago. ANSWER: True 18

D. Rising Action: It happens during the set up of the story. QUESTION: What part of the story does the narrator describe how real the painting looks? A. Denouement B. Falling Action C. Climax D. Rising Action ANSWER: D. Rising Action: It happens during the set up of the story. 19

Who dies once the painting is completed? QUESTION: Who dies once the painting is completed? ANSWER: The Painter's wife 20

Worth an extra prize to the team! DAILY DOUBLE!! Worth an extra prize to the team! QUESTION: What is the theme of this story? ANSWER: Obsession can be deadly. 21

QUESTION: Is the painter of “The Oval Portrait” a flat character or a round character? ANSWER: Flat character: We don't see many emotions from him in the story. 22

Fortunato and Montressor QUESTION: What are the names of the two main characters in the “Cask of Amontillado”? ANSWER: Fortunato and Montressor 23

Why does Montressor want revenge on his old friend, Fortunato? QUESTION: Why does Montressor want revenge on his old friend, Fortunato? ANSWER: Fortunato insulted Montressor, though we don't know what the insult was about. 24

True or False: The narrator is Fortunato, dressed in disguise. QUESTION: True or False: The narrator is Fortunato, dressed in disguise. ANSWER: False, the narrator is Montressor, dressed in disguise. 25

What is Fortunato's weakness? QUESTION: What is Fortunato's weakness? ANSWER: Good wine. 26

Summarize what happens at the end of the “Cask of Amontillado”. QUESTION: Summarize what happens at the end of the “Cask of Amontillado”. ANSWER: Montressor bricks Fortunato up in the catacombs to die there. 27