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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. What is Lea doing when Landor first sees her in Chapter 24?
2. In Chapter 26, what is the name of Dr. Marquis' brother who died shortly before the Battle of Maguaga?
3. 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?
4. Other than the poem Lea writes for him, how many other poems has Poe received in Chapter 27?
5. After Poe had tea with the Marquis family, when did Lea Marquis say she was free to meet with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Landor find in Artemus' closet, and what happens when someone comes in the room while he is investigating?
2. When Poe first went to the Marquis home for tea, what musical entertainment was there?
3. What complaints does Poe have about Mr. Allan, his guardian?
4. What does Dr. Marquis say about the heart Hitchcock and Landor find in Artemus' woodbox?
5. Where does the Marquis family live?
6. Why does Hitchcock think that Poe is a suspect in the murders?
7. Why does Poe believe that the dead haunt the living?
8. Whose uniform does Dr. Marquis say was in the back of Artemus' closet?
9. Why does Landor have Captain Hitchcock call Artemus into his office in Chapter 27?
10. How did Lea come to take Poe for a sleigh ride?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The Pale Blue Eye? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Bayard uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?
Essay Topic 2
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in The Pale Blue Eye? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Landor and Poe?
Essay Topic 3
Poe is very taken with Lea when he first meets her. Are his feelings love or infatuation?
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