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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. When did Poe's wife die?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1846.

2. Where did Poe die?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Providence.
(d) Baltimore.

3. In what year did Poe publish his first work of fiction?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1840.

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

5. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about Arnold's classified ad?
(a) It brought Rachett and Peterson together.
(b) It was placed by Rachett.
(c) It was placed by Peterson.
(d) It was intended to get a reaction from Edmund's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of book does the person Edmund sees at the cemetery drop?

2. What does one of the newspaper notices say?

3. How was Poe's wife connected to his aunt?

4. What is Poe's first published work of fiction considered to be?

5. What did Poe die of?

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