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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 did Poe die of?
(a) A suicide.
(b) A heart condition.
(c) A drug overdose.
(d) Mysterious causes.

2. What does Poe believe about Edmund's sister's ultimate fate?
(a) She should be rescued.
(b) It should be the same as Poe's wife's.
(c) She deserves to die.
(d) It is too late to save her.

3. In what year does the story take place?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1748.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1948.

4. Who is Auguste Dupin?
(a) A delivery man.
(b) A writer.
(c) A carpet salesman.
(d) A postal worker.

5. With whom is Dupin's first encounter at the cemetery?
(a) Edmund's dead aunt.
(b) Mrs. Whitman.
(c) Throck.
(d) Edmund.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Poe believe he will not marry Mrs. Whitman at the end of the novel?

2. What was Poe's first published work of fiction?

3. Which fictional detective did Poe's writings influence?

4. Where do the children live?

5. What does the reader discover in the final section of the book?

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