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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. What does Dupin admit to Edmund about himself?
2. What does Edmund see in the mausoleum?
3. What happens to the ship Edmund's sister was on?
4. How does Throck convince Poe to help him and Edmund find Edmund's sister?
5. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about his mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it significant in Chapter 19 that Edmund decodes an important riddle while all the adults around him sleep?
2. What is the symbolism, in Chapter 13, of Dupin's imagining that Helen's mothers guests are demons wearing masks of black death?
3. Why do you think the author has Edmund's mother demand both the divorce and her money, rather than just being satisfied with a divorce, when she first encounters her husband?
4. What is the significance, in Chapter 16, of Edmund throwing himself at a man with a gun?
5. What does Dupin mean in Chapter 14 when he tells Edmund that "the story is over"?
6. If you were Edmund, how do you feel about Poe's assertion that Sis lives on longer in Poe's story than she does in real life?
7. Why do both Dupin and Edmund frequently believe they have seen ghosts?
8. How does the final chase scene in Chapter 21 differ from the rest of the novel?
9. Why do you think Edmund makes the final decision to tear up Poe's story before going to the docks to rescue Sis?
10. Do you think Poe is a coward for giving up on marrying Helen because, as he says, too many timid people feel threatened by his power as a writer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think the characters frequently think they see ghosts throughout the novel? What do the ghosts symbolize? What is the significance of the fact that these characters generally realize immediately that ghosts don't really exist?
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of the story Poe is writing throughout the course of the novel? How does it change, and how do these changes reflect the changes in Poe's character and in his relationship with Edmund?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter Two, Dupin tells Edmund that "there is a difference what happens and what we would like to have happen". How does this quote summarize the essential difference between Dupin and Edmund throughout the novel? How does it relate to the theme of hope versus despair?
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