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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 profession were Poe's parents?
(a) Actors.
(b) Amateur sleuths.
(c) Writers.
(d) Professors.

2. What does Edmund buy for himself and his sister?
(a) Meat.
(b) Kidney pie.
(c) Scones.
(d) Bread.

3. What does Poe tell Edmund about his sister at the end of the story?
(a) She will probably not live long.
(b) She would have lived longer in his story than in reality.
(c) She did not display courage throughout her abduction.
(d) She is a stronger person than Edmund.

4. Where does Edmund go to find his sister?
(a) A church.
(b) The docks.
(c) A saloon.
(d) The cemetery.

5. What does Dupin tell Edmund about Mr. Arnold?
(a) He is Edmund's aunt's murderer.
(b) He is Edmund's mother's murderer.
(c) He is Edmund's father.
(d) He is Edmund's step-father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edmund read in Dupin's notebook at the tavern?

2. What type of literature is The Raven?

3. According to Dupin, from whom did Rachett learn about the gold in the vault?

4. Why did the real life Mrs. Whitman break off her engagement to Poe?

5. The prologue is engaging because it sets up a crime in which _____.

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