3. How did Poe get the name "Allan"? Allan Poe was given the middle name of ‘Allan’ when it was added by Jonh and France Allan, who took Poe in as an orphan and served as his foster parents.

4. What famous military school did Poe attend and what happened while he was there? He founded a substitute and quit the Army to pursue an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.5.  Who did Poe marry and what happened to her? Edgar and Virginia were married in 1836. She was 13 years old and he was 27 years old. Virginia became ill with tuberculosis. She died of the disease on January of the disease on January 30,1847,at the age of 24.

6.  What is the name of Poe's first published literary work? Tamerlane and Other Poems: By a Bostonian

7.  Which poems made Poe famous and when were they written?  Edgar Allan Poems best-known works include the poems ‘To Hellen’ (1831). ‘The Raven’ (1845) and, “Anabell Lee’ (1849)

8.  When did Poe die?  How did it happen? Poe died in October 7, 1849. His death is still a big mystery

9. Where is Poe buried? Poe’s body lies beneath this monument in Baltimore.

10. What tragic childhood events influenced his writing? Edgar Allan Poe’s father abandoned the family when Poe was only one year old. Then his mother died from consumption one year after. After that Poe, became an orphan at a very young age.11. What are the theories on what caused Poe's death? Theories as to what caused Poe’s death include suicide, murder, cholera, hypoglycemia, rabies, syphilis, Influenza, brain tumor and that Poe was a victim of cooping

12. How did Poe started his writing career? What was he doing? In Baltimore, Poe began writing short stories, publishing several of them in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier in 1832.

13. The "Murders in the Rue Morgue" were the first of which genre? Poe’s 1841 story, arguably the first detective fiction, contains many tropes now considered standard to the genre, including a brilliant, amateur detective.14. Who is the “Poe Toaster”? He is media sobriquet

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