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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 Edmund buy at the tavern for himself and his mother?
2. While his mother sleeps, what does Edmund ask Poe to do?
3. Who is the man who hits Edmund with a gun?
4. For what reason does Dupin believe Edmund's sister was abducted?
5. When they return to Edmund's room after Edmund is attacked, what does Dupin tell Edmund to find?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the turning point Edmund experiences in Chapter 14?
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. Why do you think Edmund makes the final decision to tear up Poe's story before going to the docks to rescue Sis?
4. Why is it significant in Chapter 19 that Edmund decodes an important riddle while all the adults around him sleep?
5. Why do both Dupin and Edmund frequently believe they have seen ghosts?
6. Why do you think Poe drops the remainder of his story on the ground before walking away from Edward for the last time?
7. What is the significance, in Chapter 16, of Edmund throwing himself at a man with a gun?
8. Why is it significant in Chapter 14 that Edmund first begins to doubt Dupin's detective skills after talking to Captain Elias?
9. What is the symbolism in Chapter 19 of Edmund's grabbing Poe's story and threatening to rip it up if Poe does not help him?
10. What does Dupin mean in Chapter 14 when he tells Edmund that "the story is over"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the beginning of Poe's story being identical to the prologue of the novel? What does it say about the relationship between Poe and Edmund? Do you think it is an indication that Poe's association with Edmund changed him?
Essay Topic 2
What are the various ways in which real life and fiction intermingle in this story? What do you think the author is saying about the nature of realism and fantasy?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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