Edgar Allan Poe Website Questions
1.Provide the following biographical information: birthdate; birthplace; death date. Poe was born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston. He died on October 7th in Baltimore.
2.What tragic childhood events influenced his writing? When Poe was a child both of his parents died in the same year. This probably influenced his grim writting.
3.There are 13 theories on what caused Poe's death. List five of them. 1. Diabetes, 2.Rabies 3. A Toxic Disorder 4. Epilopsy 5. Dipsomnia
6.What famous military academy expelled Poe in 1831? In 1831 Poe was expelled from West Point.
7.Who did Poe marry? How old was she? Poe married Virginia Clemm, who was 13 years old.
9.What is "Murders in the Rue Morgue" the first of? This was a detective story, the first of which that is considered to be written in a modern format.
10.When was "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" written? Both of these stories were written in 1843.
11.When was "The Raven" published? "The Raven was published in 1845.
12.Check out the Poe photo gallery. Which picture looks most like the Poe you envision while reading his stories? Of the twelve pictures, the 8th is the one that I envisioned him as.
17.Who is the Poe Toaster? The Poe toaster is an unidentified person who leaves a bottle of alcohol with a rose in it on Poe's grave once every year.
information from http://www.poestories.com/ and http://www.poemuseam.com/
In my life I haven't done very much with Poe. When I was little my older cousin told me the story "The Pendulum in the Pit". It scared me a bit. That was my only previous Poe experience.
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