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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does a lieutenant come to take Landor to West Point?

2. What color is Fry's body turning in Chapter 13?

3. How much time passes before Landor hears from Poe again in Chapter 15?

4. How old was Poe when he swam seven and a half miles in the James River?

5. In what ward of the West Point hospital is Fry's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Poe meet Landor in Chapter 9?

2. What is Professor Pawpaw's cottage like outside?

3. How is Landor innundated by people from his past in "Last Testament of Gus Landor"?

4. In Poe's report of November 11, who comes to check on him when he reports that he is sick?

5. What was the only mistress that Landor's wife, Amelia, feared?

6. In Chapter 7, after Landor interviews the men who knew Leroy Fry, who does Landor ask back for more questioning and why?

7. How is Fry's body preserved until his parents can arrive?

8. What is Landor's response when Thayer asks for his help in investigating the death and mutilation of Cadet Fry?

9. Why does Poe think that Landor reads poetry, and how does he learn he is mistaken?

10. Why does Landor write to Henry Kirke Reid on October 30, 1830?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In The Pale Blue Eye, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Poe is very taken with Lea when he first meets her. Are his feelings love or infatuation?

Essay Topic 3

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does the Bayard use personification in the book? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

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