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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Something About Edgar Allan Poe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What truth does Edmund demand of Poe before they part ways?
(a) Whether he really had a wife named Sis.
(b) Whether he was really trying to save Sis.
(c) Whether his name is really Poe.
(d) Whether he is really a writer.

2. What did Poe give the real life Mrs. Whitman?
(a) A sculpture.
(b) A daguerreotype.
(c) A painting.
(d) A drawing.

3. When Dupin goes to the courthouse, what do Thock and Fortnoy testify about?
(a) Finding Aunt Pru's body.
(b) Abducting Edmund's sister.
(c) Witnessing the bank robbery.
(d) Killing Edmund's mother.

4. Who objected to Poe's engagement to the real life Mrs. Whitman?
(a) Mrs. Whitman's mother.
(b) Poe's aunt.
(c) Mrs. Whitman's father.
(d) Mrs. Whitman's brother.

5. What type of man does Edmund meet on his way home in the prologue?
(a) Youthful.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Frightening.
(d) A detective.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dupin identifies Rachett as Edmund's step-father, what does Edmund tell him about the reason his mother came to America?

2. Why does Poe believe he will not marry Mrs. Whitman at the end of the novel?

3. What does Edmund see on the tavern wall?

4. After they discuss Edmund's step-father, who does Dupin send Edmund to speak to at the docks?

5. What does Dupin see from the bell tower?

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