Edgar Allan Poe’s Biography
**On your own paper, answer these questions as completely as possible
while you view the power point of Mr. Poe.
1. Identify who Elizabeth Arnold Poe was.
2. What kind of work did Mrs. Poe do?
3. Where and when was Poe born?
4. When and how did Poe’s mother die?
5. Who raised Edgar after his mother's death?
6. Where did they live when he first came to them? Where did they move to?
7. Which schools did Poe attend?
8. When & who did Poe marry, and what was her relationship to him? What
happened to her?
9. To what drug (not counting alcohol) was Poe addicted?
10. What is the meaning of the term “ratiocination”?
11. According to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Poe is the father of what genre?
12. What year did Poe publish his most famous poem and what is the title?
13. What caused Poe's death?
14. Name four different genres that Mr. Poe contributed to and give one example of
his literature in each genre.