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SOME
INFORMATION
ABOUT EDGAR
ALLAN POE
Page 8 – exercise 1
a.
F – He was never
officially adopted.
b.
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c.
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d.
F – Poe began his
literary career
with a collection of
poems.
e.
F – Poe wrote a poem
called “The
Raven”.
f.
F – Poe’s wife was
only thirteen
when they got
married.
g.
F – Poe’s wife died of
tuberculosis.
h.
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THE MURDERS
IN THE RUE
MORGUE
Page 15 – exercise 1
Possible answers:
a.
Although Dupin
came from a noble
family, he was not
very rich.
b.
Books were his only
passion and
luxury.
c.
Because of Dupin’s
financial
difficulties, the
narrator offered to
pay the rent of the
house they
would share in Paris.
d.
Darkness was one of
Dupin’s
obsessions.
e.
During the day they
closed all the
shutters to simulate
the conditions
of darkness.
f.
At night they walked
around the
city looking for
things to stimulate
their imagination.
g.
Thanks to his
amazing analytical
ability Dupin could
see directly into
men’s hearts and
minds.
Page 15 – exercise 2
a.
The narrator and
Dupin were
looking for the same
book in a
library when they
met.
b.
They read about the
terrible events
that had occurred in
Quartier St.
Roch in a newspaper.
c.
The first people to
know of the
murders were the
neighbours who
had heard terrible
screams coming
from the house.
d.
Among other things,
the police
found a razor covered
in blood and
bloody lengths of
human hair.
e.
The dead body of
Madame
L’Espanaye’s
daughter was found
in
the chimney.
f.
She had been
strangled.
g.
The corpse of the old
lady was in
the back garden.
h.
Her throat was cut
and her body
was mutilated.
i.
The police didn’t
know what to
think about these two
horrible
murders.
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The
Murd
ers
in the
Rue
Mor
gue
and The
Purloin
ed
Letter
Edgar Allan
Poe
KEY TO THE
EXERCISES
AND EXIT TEST
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