Passed back The Cask of Amontillado test
If you made below an “A” and you would like to raise your
grade one letter grade, then you must write out the question and write out the
correct answer to the question you missed. You only have to write out the
questions and the answers to those questions you missed. However, you must
write out the complete questions and the complete answers, not just the letter.
Please write the questions and the answers on a separate
sheet of paper and staple it to the test.
It will be due Thursday, November 16th.
Open your books to page 188, “Poe’s Death is Rewritten as a
Case of Rabies, Not Alcoholism,
Begin at the bottom of the left hand column, “The curator of
the Edgar Allan Poe House….”
Who was Mr. Jerome?
David answered the question
He was the curator.
What is a curator?
David: A curator is the keeper or manager of a museum or art
collection. That means that he or she knows a great deal about the subject.
David: Mr. Jerome is saying that there are many, many
stories about how Poe died, but no one offers proof.
Lizbeth: Mr.
Jerome says that Poe almost certainly did not die of alcoholism; he was very
sensitive to alcohol and one drink could make him violently sick for days.
Render:
Milan: to bring a solution
Lizbeth: to provide or give
Hypothetical: in theory, not in reality.
“Let me pose a hypothetical question to you, doctor. What if
a man interested in a certain female doctor asked her out, what are the chances
she would say yes?”
Pathologist:
Milan: a doctor who studies forensics and the cause of
death.
Julian: an autopsy is when the pathologist or the coroner examines
a corpse for the to determine the cause of death.
Lizbeth: a pathologist is a doctor who studies the causes of
diseases, particularly unique or lethal diseases.
Why did Dr. Benitez examine Poe’s medical records?
He was given an anonymous patient’s medical chart and was
given the task to figure out how the patient died.
How did Dr. Benitez figure out that it was Poe’s medical
records he was reading?
He figured it out through deduction. There were no cat scans
or CTEs from the medical charts. The patient was from an earlier time – earlier
than the late 20th century. The patient’s initials were E.P., a
writer from Richmond.
Melany reads:
“If Only Poe Had Succeeded When He Said Nevermore to Drink”.
Two doctors offer a different opinion from Dr. Benitez and
they agree with Dr. Moran that Poe died from alcoholism.
Their arguments are that there were eye-witness accounts who said Poe was drunk.
His relatives, his uncle-in-law, his cousins, and Dr. Moran all claimed Poe was drunk or had a very long history of drinking.
The two doctors' other argument is Poe’s own words let us know that he
was still drinking. He wrote letters of deepest apologies and swore oaths to his beloved wife and mother-in-law, that
he would never drink again and yet, a few weeks or months later, there would be
more letters swearing again that he would never drink again. And this continued
for years.
Tuesday, November 14th:
Tuesday, November 14th:
Page 190
“Rabies Death Theory”
Reading: Jestice
Vocabulary:
Encephalitis
Taylor – encephalitis is inflammation of the brain
Tymiah – rabid, which is what an animal that has rabies is
called.
Rabid is an adjective, which describes an animal that has
rabies.
According to Dr. Benitez, in the last twenty years, there
have been thirty-three human cases of rabies.
David and Diego: Only 24% of those could remember being
bitten by an animal.
Jestice: Fifteen cases where bat related.
But only seven of the fifteen cases could remember coming in
contact with a bat.
That means eight of the fifteen did not remember coming in
contact with a bat.
Jonathan: reading
How long is the incubation period of rabies?
Taylor: It can be as long as a year.
Taylor and David: came up with the definition of incubation
Incubation: the amount of time between the transmission of
the disease and the appearance of the disease’s symptoms.
Did doctors know how rabies was transmitted?
What is the causative agent of rabies?
Rhabdovirus is the virus that causes rabies, which was
unknown to doctors in the 19th century.
Dr. Benitez claimed he never blamed poor Caterina for giving
Poe rabies.
Who is Louis Pasteur and what did he do?
Jestice and Milan:
Louis Pasteur developed the rabies vaccine but he did not know about the
rhabdovirus.
Diego: Louis
Pasteur was also a French chemist, who helped develop the important medical
link between the transmission of disease and germs. Pasteur had developed a
rabies vaccine taken from the tissue taken from rabid animals. However, he and
other scientists had not isolated and identified the virus that causes rabies.
Wednesday, November 15th:
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Wednesday, November 15th:
Time to write the Essay for How Did Edgar Allan Poe Die?!
Evidence Poe Died from Alcoholism
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Evidence Poe Died from Rabies
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Arguments Against Rabies
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Poe was found in a bar and
appeared to be drunk – David and Taylor
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The incubation period of
rabies is one year – Bianca, Salamata, Jasmine
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Poe went to the hospital in
a stupor – Bianca, Salamate, Jasmine
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There are many letters
written by Poe to his family swearing off drinking which spanned many, many
years.
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He was dressed in other
people’s clothes
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Poe was hallucinating which
is a classic example of end stage alcoholism – Trenton
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Poe was drenched in
sweat - Diego
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There were eye witness
accounts by physicians who diagnosed Poe as drunk
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Pair up with your next door partner and find evidence to
support the theory that Poe died from Alcoholism!
Evidence can be found in the following articles: “Poe’s
Final Days” (page 184), “Poe’s Death is Rewritten as Case of Rabies, Not
Telltale Alcohol” (page 187), “If Poe Had Succeeded When He Said Nevermore to
Drink” (page 189), “Rabies Death Theory” (page 190)
Vocabulary:
Exposure means when someone is out in extreme weather,
particularly cold, rainy, or snowy weather which can cause someone to fall very
ill and even die.
Hallucination: to see things that are not real or are not
there in reality.
Thursday, November 16th:
Nigerian King's visit.
Friday, November 17th:
