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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. Who is Auguste Dupin?
(a) A postal worker.
(b) A carpet salesman.
(c) A delivery man.
(d) A writer.

2. What two things does this novel incorporate?
(a) Poe's literary methodology and Poe as a fictional character.
(b) Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot as characters.
(c) Police work and amateur sleuthing.
(d) Magic and realism.

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

4. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about Arnold's classified ad?
(a) It was intended to get a reaction from Edmund's aunt.
(b) It was placed by Peterson.
(c) It brought Rachett and Peterson together.
(d) It was placed by Rachett.

5. When was Edgar Allan Poe born?
(a) 1801.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1809.
(d) 1889.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of book does the person Edmund sees at the cemetery drop?

2. What type of book does Edmund's sister read?

3. What was the name of the aunt Poe lived with?

4. In Dupin and Throck's first meeting, what does Throck tell Dupin he has been hired to do?

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

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