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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. Who objected to Poe's engagement to the real life Mrs. Whitman?
(a) Poe's aunt.
(b) Mrs. Whitman's brother.
(c) Mrs. Whitman's mother.
(d) Mrs. Whitman's father.

2. Who was the other woman Poe courted?
(a) Margaret Jane Whitman.
(b) Sarah Helen Whitman.
(c) Helen Sarah Whitman.
(d) Jane Margaret Whitman.

3. What does Edmund bring with him to rescue his sister?
(a) A kitchen knife.
(b) Throck's gun.
(c) Poe's gun.
(d) Poe's knife.

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

5. Poe lived in all of the following locations EXCEPT:
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Auguste Dupin?

2. What is Dupin surprised to learn that Captain Elias told Edmund?

3. What is one reason the final section of the book is of interest to the reader?

4. Who does Mrs. Powers want her daughter to marry?

5. How does Edmund escape his pursuer at the docks?

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