Dr. Heidegger's Experiment Allegory Allusions and Irony

According to the narrator, what does Dr. Heidegger give his friends to drink?

• rare old wine from his cellar

• a magical potion he has cooked up

• water from the Fountain of Youth

• bubbly spring water

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In the beginning of the story, the characters are alike in every way EXCEPT one. It cannot be said that they

• have all wasted their youth

• are all old and frail

• are all unhappy with their lives

• have all been famous an respected

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Hawthorne builds suspense by

• misrepresenting each character's background

• not explaining that Dr. Heidegger does many strange experiments

• not revealing at first why Dr. Heidegger has called his friends together

• withholding information about Dr. Heidegger's wife

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What is the strangest object in Dr. Heidegger's study according to the narrator?

• the mirror

• a small round table, as black as ebony

• a large book of magic

• a beautiful cut glass vase

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This story in which characters, setting, and events stand for abstract realities and moral lessons is called what?

• anaphora

• allegory

• anecdote

• allusion

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What lesson does Dr. Heidegger learn from his friends?

• It is foolish to give away great secrets for free.

• People can reform, if given the change.

• People don't learn from their mistakes.

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The response of Dr. Heidegger's friends at the end is an example of what?

• parody

• sarcasm

• pun

• situational irony

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The setting is:

• A mental hospital.

• A university lab.

• A doctor's study.

• A southern tip of Florida.

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Who was Dr. Heidegger?

• a famous politician

• a rich banker

• a sick old man

• an unusual old man

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Mr. Medbourne was a:

• prosperous merchant who lost his all in a frantic speculation
• a ruined politician and man of evil fame
• man who wasted his best years in pursuit of sinful pleasure
• a woman with a scandalous reputation

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