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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 another of the notices say?
2. At the end of the story, how has Edmund changed?
3. What does Dupin NOT tell Edmund about his mother?
4. At the docks, who is Edmund pursued by?
5. What does Dupin admit to Edmund about himself?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
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 turning point Edmund experiences in Chapter 14?
5. What is the importance of the guests' discussion of whether it is possible to read a man's character from his face?
6. What is the symbolism, in Chapter 13, of Dupin's imagining that Helen's mothers guests are demons wearing masks of black death?
7. Why do both Dupin and Edmund frequently believe they have seen ghosts?
8. 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?
9. What is the significance, in Chapter 16, of Edmund throwing himself at a man with a gun?
10. Why do you think Dupin decides that his work is done after summing up the details of the solved mystery in Chapter 17?
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
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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