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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Edmund and Mrs. Whitman first meet, where does Mrs. Whitman tell Edmund to have Dupin meet her?
2. Who is Sherlock Holmes?
3. Where does Peterson live?
4. The book's prologue is particularly engaging for its target audience of _____.
5. What street does Edmund live on?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do you think the novel would be different if there were no prologue?
2. Do you think there is any significance to the author's choice of the name "Edmund"?
3. What do you think is Dupin's primary motivation for helping Edmund?
4. Why do you think Dupin is so obsessed with death?
5. Why do you think the author decided to set up a mystery in the style of Edgar Allan Poe?
6. What is the significance of the absence of adults in the Prologue?
7. What does the author accomplish in part one by having Dupin tell Edmund that Edmund already has all the facts he needs to solve the crime?
8. What did Edgar Allan Poe do in his mystery stories that no one had done before, and how does this impact future mystery writers?
9. When Edmund sees Dupin asleep, surrounded by empty liquor bottles, in Chapter Three, what conflict does it bring about it Edmund's thinking?
10. Why do you think Poe chooses to go by the name of his fictional detective?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dupin/Poe tells Edmund that "lies have their own truth." Do you agree? Do you think this is the case only in fiction, or in real life as well?
Essay Topic 2
Once the central conflict of Sis's disappearance is resolved, do you characterize Poe's dissatisfaction with it as a twist? Poe makes it clear to Edmund that he believes he can give Sis immortality in his story. Is Poe's lack of reaction to Sis's recovery to be expected, or is it a surprise that adds color and depth to the final moments of the story?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 13, Poe states that the evil in his writings symbolizes human fears. Having read this novel as well as works by Poe, do you agree? What do you think is the connection between evil and fear? What does Poe's connecting the two concepts tell us about his character?
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