Edgar Allan Poe Lake Mills Middle School爱伦坡埃德加米尔斯湖中学

Edgar

Allan

PoeBiography

Webquest1.

Name

Poe’s

parents.Elizabeth

Arnold

PoeDavid

Poe,

Jr.2.

What

was

Poe’s

mother’sprofession

when

he

was

born?actress3.

What

happened

to

Poe’sbiological

father?He

abandoned

the

family4.

How

old

was

Poe

when

hismother

died?He

was

two

years

old.5.

Name

his

siblings.William

Henry

Leonard

Poeand

Rosalie

Poe6.

What

happened

to

Poe’ssiblings

after

they

wereorphaned?They

were

sent

to

live

with

other

families7.

How

did

Poe

come

to

livewith

the

Allans?

John

Allan

was

his

godfather,

and

took

him

iwhen

his

mother

died

OR

Fanny

Allan

helped

nurse

Eliza

Poe

on

hedeathbed8.

In

what

other

countries

did

Polive

as

a

young

boy?England

and

Scotland,

1815-18209.

Reasons

why

Poe

didn’tlike

himself

as

a

young

boy?

John

Allan

neglected

the

family

and

alsoneformally

adopted

him.

Fanny

was

frequently

sick

and

didn’t

staythe

entire

5

years

in

England,

leaving

Poe

iboarding

school10.

Describe

Poe’s

relationshipwith

John

Allan.

They

argued

often

because

Allan

didn’tshow

affection

and

thought

Poe’s

sadnessover

this

was

thanklessness11.

What

university

did

JohnAllan

send

Poe

to?University

of

Virginia12.

What

happened

to

Poe

atthat

university?

He

lost

a

lot

of

money

gambling

because

Alladidn’t

give

him

enough

for

his

expenses13.

How

did

John

Allan

react

toPoe’s

behavior

at

theuniversity?Allan

wouldn’t

let

him

continue

studyingthere14.

What

did

Poe

do

for

moneyafter

being

pulled

out

of

universHe

enlisted

in

the

army15.

After

paying

for

Poe’srelease

from

the

Army,

whatdid

John

Allan

do

for

Poe?He

helped

Poe

get

a

place

at

West

Point16.

What

finally

ruined

Poe’srelationship

with

Allan?

Poe

got

himself

expelled

from

West

Point

anwrote

Allan

an

angry

letter17.

Describe

Poe’srelationship

with

Maria

Clemm

She

was

his

aunt

who

took

him

in

when

hisrelationship

with

Allan

broke

down

and

shebecame

like

a

mother

to

him.18.

Who

did

Poe

marry

and

howold

was

she?his

cousin

Virginia

Clemm

(Maria’s

daught who

was

only

1319.

Name

some

jobs

Poe

held.

He

edited

a

lot

of

magazines

and

wrote

fornewspapers

while

periodically

publishingcollections

of

short

stories

and

poetry.20.

How

successful

was

Poe

atthese

jobs?

Poe

was

good

at

his

work,

but

his

drinking

gin

the

way

and

prevented

him

from

keeping

ajob

for

very

long21.

How

successful

was

Poe

inhis

writing

career?

1833

MS.

Found

in

a

Bottle

won

$50

from

aBaltimore

weekly

1843

The

Gold-Bug

won

$100

from

thePhiladelphia

Dollar

Newspaper“The

Raven”

brought

him

national

fameHowever,

he

never

earned

much

money.22.

What

bad

habit

did

Poe

haveas

an

adult?drinking23.

What

happened

to

Poe’swife?died

in

January

1847

of

tuberculosis24.

How

did

Poe

die

and

at

whatage? Under

mysterious

circumstances