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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Something About Edgar Allan Poe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the prologue of Poe's story?
(a) The beginning of Poe's life.
(b) The same prologue that begins Edmund's story.
(c) An apology to Edward for his behavior.
(d) A note to Mrs. Whitman.

2. When Edmund follows Dupin to see if he will meet Mrs. Whitman in the cemetery, Dupin first goes into a _____.
(a) Tavern.
(b) Store.
(c) Church.
(d) Bank.

3. What does seeing himself in Edmund lead Poe to do?
(a) Try to make Edmund as unhappy as he is.
(b) Think of himself as Edmund's father.
(c) Try to give Edmund a better ending to his own story.
(d) Relate to Edmund's twin sister as well.

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

5. What type of book does Edmund's sister read?
(a) Songs.
(b) Fairy tales.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) Nursery rhymes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is at Mrs. Whitman's house to deliver Dupin's letter, what does Edmund hear Mrs. Powers say she thinks Mrs. Whitman should do?

2. What does Dupin learn at the portrait studio?

3. How old was Poe's wife when they married?

4. Poe's main character in one of his famous mystery books was the first to use a combination of ____.

5. Who raised Poe?

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