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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game does the word draughts refer to?
(a) Chess.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Backgammon.
(d) Poker.

2. Who did Adolphe see when he accompanied the murder victim home?
(a) The banker.
(b) Only her daughter.
(c) A policeman.
(d) Three neighbors.

3. What was the ribbon once used for?
(a) Holding hair.
(b) As a piece of jewelry.
(c) As part of a dress.
(d) As a toy.

4. What specific type of person does the narrator claim is often incapable of analysis?
(a) Ingenious men.
(b) Social men.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

5. How did the policeman describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?
(a) Shrill.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Italian.
(d) Gruff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of home do Dupin and the narrator live in?

2. Why are the murder victims the only ones living in the Rue Morgue?

3. How did the animal act after killing the women?

4. When the news report is read by Dupin, what does he realize?

5. Which of the following languages is not claimed to be belonging to the second voice?

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