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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 is the name of the cadet for whom Poe writes letters to the cadet's fiancee?
2. How old was Landor when his mother died?
3. When Landor tells Poe about a camp meeting he attended with his father, how long after the meeting does Landor say the pastor ran away with a woman?
4. What time did Epaphras Huntoon get off duty the night he found Fry's body?
5. Who does Stoddard remember in his family slit his throat?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Landor write to Henry Kirke Reid on October 30, 1830?
2. What is Professor Pawpaw's cottage like outside?
3. In Chapter 7, after Landor interviews the men who knew Leroy Fry, who does Landor ask back for more questioning and why?
4. What happens at West Point at 4 p.m.?
5. Why has Superintendent Thayer not called in the military authorities to investigate the death and mutilation of Cadet Fry?
6. What luck do Poe and Landor have in deciphering the note that was found in Fry's hand?
7. How is Fry's body preserved until his parents can arrive?
8. Why does Poe think that Landor reads poetry, and how does he learn he is mistaken?
9. What is Professor Pawpaw's library like?
10. Why is Landor staying at Mr. Cozzens' hotel in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does the Bayard use personification in the book? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?
Essay Topic 2
Occasionally Landor directly speaks to readers. This is called “breaking the fourth wall.” How does it seem that the narrator is having conversations with readers throughout The Pale Blue Eye? How do these conversations provide information to readers that characters may not be privy to? What is the purpose of breaking the fourth wall?
Essay Topic 3
Poe is removed from the investigation. How and why is Poe removed from the murder investigation?
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