The famous American Gothic author and poet who wrote short stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart" and the poem "The Raven."

Poe's most famous poem where a dark bird flies through a window, perches upon a bust of Pallas, and repeatedly says nevermore.

The world's first fictional detective created by Poe, who solves the chimney murder mystery in the Rue Morgue using pure logic.

The street where a bizarre double murder takes place, which Dupin discovers was actually committed by an escaped orangutan.

The main character in "The Gold-Bug" who finds a golden beetle and decodes a secret map to dig up buried treasure.

The short story where Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato by luring him into a deep wine cellar and bricking him into a wall.

The horror story where a narrator kills an old man because of his pale blue vulture eye, hiding the heart under the floorboards.

The wealthy nobleman who throws a grand masquerade party inside a sealed fortress to escape a plague in "The Masque of the Red Death."

The terrible plague that enters Prince Prospero's colorful castle rooms disguised as a corpse wrapped in a bloody shroud.

Poe's beautiful, sad poem about a young woman who passed away in a kingdom by the sea because the angels were jealous of her love.

A poem written by the character Ligeia describing a tragedy watched by formless things where a blood-red creature devours mankind.

Rufus Wilmot Griswold

Poe's rival critic who wrote a mean obituary in the New York Tribune, which accidentally made Poe's books even more popular.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Question	Answer
Edgar Allan Poe	The famous American Gothic author and poet who wrote short stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart" and the poem "The Raven."
The Raven	Poe's most famous poem where a dark bird flies through a window, perches upon a bust of Pallas, and repeatedly says nevermore.
Auguste Dupin	The world's first fictional detective created by Poe, who solves the chimney murder mystery in the Rue Morgue using pure logic.
Rue Morgue	The street where a bizarre double murder takes place, which Dupin discovers was actually committed by an escaped orangutan.
William Legrand	The main character in "The Gold-Bug" who finds a golden beetle and decodes a secret map to dig up buried treasure.
Cask of Amontillado	The short story where Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato by luring him into a deep wine cellar and bricking him into a wall.
The Tell-Tale Heart	The horror story where a narrator kills an old man because of his pale blue vulture eye, hiding the heart under the floorboards.
Prince Prospero	The wealthy nobleman who throws a grand masquerade party inside a sealed fortress to escape a plague in "The Masque of the Red Death."
Red Death	The terrible plague that enters Prince Prospero's colorful castle rooms disguised as a corpse wrapped in a bloody shroud.
Annabel Lee	Poe's beautiful, sad poem about a young woman who passed away in a kingdom by the sea because the angels were jealous of her love.
Conqueror Worm	A poem written by the character Ligeia describing a tragedy watched by formless things where a blood-red creature devours mankind.
Rufus Wilmot Griswold	Poe's rival critic who wrote a mean obituary in the New York Tribune, which accidentally made Poe's books even more popular.

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