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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dupin goes to the courthouse, what do Thock and Fortnoy testify about?
(a) Witnessing the bank robbery.
(b) Finding Aunt Pru's body.
(c) Abducting Edmund's sister.
(d) Killing Edmund's mother.

2. In Dupin and Throck's first meeting, what does Throck tell Dupin he has been hired to do?
(a) Murder Edmund.
(b) Solve the bank robbery.
(c) Murder Edmund's sister.
(d) Find a relative of Edmund's.

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

4. After they discuss Edmund's step-father, who does Dupin send Edmund to speak to at the docks?
(a) Captain Elias.
(b) Mr. Peterson.
(c) Throck.
(d) Mrs. Powers.

5. As Dupin leaves the bank, what work by Poe does Peterson tell Dupin that he likes?
(a) The Gold Bug.
(b) The Raven.
(c) The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
(d) The Metamorphosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Edmund's room is ransacked, what does Edmund tell Dupin about his stepfather, Mr. Rachett?

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

3. What does Dupin want Edmund to find out at the docks?

4. What does the piece of paper that is slipped under the door of Edmund's room tell Dupin?

5. Who is Fortnoy?

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