“The Tell-Tale Heart” begins with these words that were written by one of our power poets.  Which poet wrote these words?   Art is long and Time is fleeting, And our heart, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.  

Poe had different jobs / careers but he did not:

Edgar Allan Poe was a cadet at West Point but he was expelled because he “missed classes and roll calls.”  

What tragic event happens to the narrator–during which he sees a what looks like his dead cat?  

Despite the dangers of the war, two girls named Cora and Alice, insist on traveling to visit their father who is an important colonel.   

Herman Melville settled in Massacuhsetts and had an ongoing friendship with another famous American writer; this writer was Benjamin Franklin.  

Which of the following is true, concerning Harriet Beecher Stowe?  

Melville claimed that his life “began at age twenty-five” and it was at that time he began writing about the South Seas and other maritime situations.  

What does the narrator hear before killing?  

At the end of the story, the narrator thinks he hears the beating of the dead man’s heart.