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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. With whom is Dupin's second encounter at the cemetery?
2. What does another of the notices say?
3. What does Poe's style of courting Mrs. Whitman reflect?
4. What does Mr. Arnold ask Dupin at Mrs. Whitman's home?
5. What does Throck ask Edmund about Poe?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dupin mean in Chapter 14 when he tells Edmund that "the story is over"?
2. 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?
3. What is the symbolism, in Chapter 13, of Dupin's imagining that Helen's mothers guests are demons wearing masks of black death?
4. Why is it significant in Chapter 19 that Edmund decodes an important riddle while all the adults around him sleep?
5. What does Dupin mean in Chapter 16 when he tells Edmund that "lies have their own truth"?
6. How does Edmund's character change by Chapter 18, compared to the Prologue?
7. How do you think Edmund felt upon reading the beginning of Poe's story, and seeing the name "Edgar" changed to "Edmund"? Do you think it made him regret having torn up the rest of the story?
8. 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?
9. What is the significance, in Chapter 16, of Edmund throwing himself at a man with a gun?
10. Why do both Dupin and Edmund frequently believe they have seen ghosts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Compare and contract Edmund and Dupin/Poe. Use specific examples from the novel relating to their circumstances, life events, and reactions to these circumstances and events.
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