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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. Who goes with Dupin to the Rue Morgue?
(a) Adolphe.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) The salesman.
(d) The laundress.

2. Who does Dupin explain his hypothesis to first?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) The sailor.
(c) The salesperson.
(d) Adolphe.

3. Where does Dupin place an ad?
(a) On television.
(b) On the radio.
(c) On a bulletin board at the store.
(d) In the newspaper.

4. What happened when the man walked in on the animal?
(a) The animal ran off immediately.
(b) The animal did not notice.
(c) The animal stabbed him.
(d) A struggle ensued.

5. What is an epigraph?
(a) A quotation from another work.
(b) A piece of figurative language.
(c) A piece of dialogue.
(d) A solution to a problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person of interest tell Dupin?

2. What is the color of the first piece of evidence found at the Rue Morgue?

3. What is the second word that the policeman hears from outside the crime scene?

4. What were the neighbors outside trying to do to the Rue Morgue?

5. What does Dupin believe he may have to do to the man who is coming to visit them?

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