The Gravel Pit and the Pendulum Mystery Cache
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The Gravel Pit and the Pendulum
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Edgar Allan Poe was a renown American writer, known as a poet and critic, but most famous as the first master of the short-story form, especially tales of the mysterious and macabre. Poe’s poetic output is remarkable for the flawless literary construction and for their haunting themes and meters. Poe, by his own choice, was a poet, but economic necessity forced him to turn to the relatively profitable genre of prose. Whether or not Poe invented the short story, it is certain that he originated the novel of detection. Many of Poe’s tales are distinguished by the author’s unique grotesque inventiveness in addition to his superb plot construction. The literary merit’s of Poe’s writings have been debated since his death, but his works have remained popular and many major writers have professed their artistic debt to him.
The cache is a cammo tupperware container.
This is a mystery cache. In order to get the correct coordinates, all of the following questions concerning the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe must be answered correctly. All answers must then be substituted into the correct place in the following diagram.
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(A) In the poem “To Helen”, what color was “Helen” clad while half reclining upon a violet bank? Take the # of letters in your answer and transfer it to (A).
(B) In the story “The Cask of Amontilldo”, the stories narrator Montresor, carries a grudge against which character? Take the # of the letters in your answer and transfer it to (B).
(C ) What is the last digit in the year that Edgar Allan Poe was born? Take your answer and transfer to (C ).
(D) In the story “The Purloined Letter”, what stolen item are the French police force searching for? Take the # of letters in your answer and transfer it to (D).
(E) In the poem “The City in the Sea”, whom has reared himself a throne? Take the # of letters in your answer and transfer it to (E).
(F) How many times does Poe use either the word “torture” or it’s plural in the sixth stanza of the poem “For Annie”? Take your answer and transfer it to (F).
(G) In the poem “The Raven”, towards the end of the poem, the Raven is sitting, sitting, on a pallid bust of whom? Take the # of letters in your answer and transfer it to (G).
(H) In the story “A Predicament”, what is the name of the narrator’s poodle? Take the # of letters in your answer and transfer it to (H).
(I) In the poem”The Sleeper”, what month did the author stand at midnight, beneath the mystic moon? Take the number of the month in relation to the twelve and transfer your answer to (I).
(J) What is the name of the prince in “The Masque of the Red Death”? Take the # of letters in the prince’s last name and transfer your answer to (J).
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