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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. Poe lived in all of the following locations EXCEPT:
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Boston.

2. How does Throck convince Poe to help him and Edmund find Edmund's sister?
(a) Bribing him.
(b) Withholding his liquor.
(c) Threatening to tear up his story.
(d) Giving him liquor.

3. What did Poe call his wife?
(a) Sis.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Sissy.

4. Given what he learns at the portrait studio, what does Dupin come to believe?
(a) Both Edmund's aunt and his mother are dead.
(b) Edmund's mother is still alive.
(c) Either Edmund's aunt or his mother is still alive.
(d) Edmund's aunt is still alive.

5. What does one of the newspaper notices say?
(a) Peterson is demanding a ransom for Edmund's sister.
(b) Peterson is demanding a ransom for Edmund's mother.
(c) Peterson can be reached at the Providence Bank.
(d) Peterson is residing at the Hotel American House.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they first meet, in exchange for Edmund's help, what does Dupin agree to do?

2. Who or what is Peggy?

3. What was Poe's relationship to his father?

4. When he stops on his way to the cemetery, what does Dupin imagine that he sees?

5. What does Edmund buy for himself and his sister?

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