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What monetary prize did Edgar Allan Poe receive for his story 'The Gold-Bug'?
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$100
What is the name of the woman who was Edgar Allan Poe's first love and later his fiancée?
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Sarah Elmira Royster
What was Edgar Allan Poe's original birth name before he added his foster father's surname?
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Edgar Poe
What is the name of the protagonist in Poe's story 'William Wilson'?
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William Wilson
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What is the name of the woman who was Edgar Allan Poe's first love and later his fiancée?
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Sarah Elmira Royster
What is the name of the protagonist in Poe's story 'William Wilson'?
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William Wilson
What is the name of the poem recited by Roderick Usher in 'The Fall of the House of Usher'?
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The Haunted Palace
What type of animal killed the women in 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'?
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An orangutan
Upon what statue did the raven perch in Poe's 'The Raven'?
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Bust of Pallas
What is the title of Edgar Allan Poe's essay that explains the writing of 'The Raven'?
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The Philosophy of Composition
What is the name of the literary magazine that first published Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Gold-Bug'?
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The Dollar Newspaper
Who was the literary executor of Edgar Allan Poe's works who also libeled him?
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Rufus Griswold