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William Wilson to the Pit Quiz

William Wilson (1839), The Masque of the Red Death, The Oval Portrait and The Pit and the Pendulum (1842).

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Q1 of 10
Who is the second William Wilson?
Q2 of 10
What does the second Wilson keep doing?
Q3 of 10
What does the dying double say to the narrator?
Q4 of 10
Who shuts himself away from the plague in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
Q5 of 10
What is special about the seventh room of the masque?
Q6 of 10
What is under the mask of the uninvited guest?
Q7 of 10
What happens as the painter finishes "The Oval Portrait"?
Q8 of 10
Which city is the prisoner held in, in "The Pit and the Pendulum"?
Q9 of 10
How does the prisoner escape the pendulum?
Q10 of 10
Who rescues him at the very edge of the pit?