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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about his mother?
(a) She sent an urgent message to her sister.
(b) She is dead.
(c) She has been held captive by Rachett.
(d) She followed her husband to Providence.

2. What do Poe's actions at the end of the novel demonstrate?
(a) He has a new lease on life.
(b) He has given up on life.
(c) He is suicidal.
(d) He is determined to help others.

3. What does Dupin learn is the cause of Edmund's aunt's death?
(a) A murder.
(b) An accident.
(c) A suicide.
(d) Undetermined.

4. When Edmund and Mrs. Whitman first meet, what does Mrs. Whitman ask Edmund about Dupin?
(a) If he wants to marry her.
(b) If he is trustworthy when drinking.
(c) If he is still in town.
(d) If he has given up drinking.

5. What does Poe do with his story before walking away?
(a) Dedicate it to Mrs. Whitman.
(b) Add a prologue.
(c) Throw it onto the ground.
(d) Give it to Edmund as a gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edmund realizes about the meaning of the word "Sunrise" in the decoded message?

2. What is on the scrap of paper Edmund finds in Mrs. Whitman's house?

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

4. What does another of the notices say?

5. What truth does Edmund demand of Poe before they part ways?

(see the answer key)

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