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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 is Fortnoy?
(a) A night watchman.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A ship's captain.
(d) A sailor.

2. To whom does Edmund give the second letter that Dupin asks him to deliver?
(a) Throck.
(b) Fortnoy.
(c) A maid.
(d) Mrs. Whitman.

3. What happens to the ship Edmund's sister was on?
(a) It overturns.
(b) It plows into Edmund's boat.
(c) It hits a rock.
(d) It gets away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who objected to Poe's engagement to the real life Mrs. Whitman?

2. How do the kidnappers plan to use Edmund's sister?

3. Who raised Poe?

4. What is in the prologue of Poe's story?

5. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about his mother?

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