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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 11-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Poe's main character in one of his famous mystery books?
(a) Auguste Dupin.
(b) Auguste Dupine.
(c) August Dupine.
(d) August Dupin.

2. The first time Edmund and Dupin go to the saloon together, what do they learn?
(a) A woman was killed by the docks.
(b) Sis was abducted from her room.
(c) The Providence Bank has been robbed.
(d) A man named Smith rented the room across from Edmund's.

3. What does Edmund's sister convince him to do in the Prologue?
(a) Go out to buy food.
(b) Stay inside.
(c) Look for a job.
(d) Beg for food.

4. What does Mrs. Whitman ask Dupin to do in front of her guests?
(a) Keep a picture of her in his wallet.
(b) Have a type of photograph of his face made.
(c) Do a drawing of her face.
(d) Pose for her.

5. Who does Mrs. Powers want her daughter to marry?
(a) Mr. Peterson.
(b) Mr. Arnold.
(c) Mr. Poe.
(d) Mr. Poley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Dupin determine that Edmund's sister must have gotten out of the room she shares with Edmund?

3. As Edmund is spying on Dupin near the cemetery, whom does he see emerge from the Hotel American House and enter Mrs. Whitman's house?

4. What does Edmund see on the tavern wall?

5. Who first used the locked-room concept?

(see the answer key)

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