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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Landor acosts someone in the dark in Chapter 28, what prize does he take from his struggle?
(a) Lieutenant's bars.
(b) White collar of a priest.
(c) Glove.
(d) Scarf.

2. How did Lea give Poe a note at the dinner party?
(a) Had it sent to his quarters.
(b) Slipped it in his pocket.
(c) Had Artemus give it to him.
(d) Had Eugenie give it to him.

3. How much heavier was Ballinger than Poe?
(a) 30 pounds.
(b) 25 pounds.
(c) 40 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

4. What did Miss Marquis say that she saw in Poe's face when he rescued her in the cemetery?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Love.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Affection.

5. After having tea with the Marquis family, when did Poe ask Lea Marquis if he could see her again?
(a) Tomorrow afternoon.
(b) Monday evening.
(c) Next Sunday afternoon.
(d) Friday evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what time is Landor to meet Hitchcock to discuss Ballinger's death?

2. How long does Private Horatio Cochrane think he was gone from the hospital after a person he believed was an officer told him to report to Lieutenant Meadows' quarters?

3. In Chapter 28, how long does Poe say he was at the University of Virginia?

4. Other than the poem Lea writes for him, how many other poems has Poe received in Chapter 27?

5. How many years are covered by the diary Mrs. Fry gives Landor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Poe believe that the dead haunt the living?

2. What does Dr. Marquis say about the heart Hitchcock and Landor find in Artemus' woodbox?

3. Where does the Marquis family live?

4. In Chapter 24, how does Landor describe Lea Marquis?

5. Who is escorting Lea Marquis to Gouverneur Kemble's gathering in Chapter 30?

6. How is Ballinger killed?

7. In Chapter 27, what does Mrs. Marquis have everyone do after Lea plays the pianoforte?

8. When Poe first went to the Marquis home for tea, what musical entertainment was there?

9. How did Lea come to take Poe for a sleigh ride?

10. During Poe's visit to the Marquis home for tea, what invitation did he extend to Miss Marquis, and what was her response?

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