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The Premature Burial

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Poe's greatest fear?

a)

Buried people

b)

Night terrors

c)

Being buried alive

d)

Ketchup

2.

Where did Victorine Lafourcade's case take place

a)

Spain

b)

Russia

c)

France

d)

Florida

3.

Victorine grew up in a poor family

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What was Edward Stapleton's cause of death?

a)

Flu

b)

Titus fever

c)

Typhus fever

d)

Tuberculosis

5.

Stapletons' friends were declined a post-examination autopsy.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What happened immediately after Stapleton gained consciousness.

a)

Nothing happened

b)

He died

c)

Passed out

d)

Started convulsing uncontrollably.

7.

Victorine Lafourcade truly loved Monsieur Renelle.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

How did Victorine Lafourcade "die"

a)

Natural cause

b)

Hunger

c)

Illness

d)

Car crash

9.

How long did Victorine Lafourcade and Julien Bossuet live in the United States.

a)

Never

b)

5 Years

c)

20 Years

d)

Rest of their lives

10.

Victorine Lafourcade had won in court aganist Monsieur Renelle.

a)

False

b)

True

11.

How was the man with the cracked skull able to escape his tomb?

a)

Digging out with his hands

b)

Shouting loudly for help

c)

A loose board in the coffin

d)

Waking up before he was fully buried

12.

What is Poe's medical condition?

a)

ADHD

b)

Anxiety

c)

Cataleptic seizures (night terrors)

d)

Claustrophobia