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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 were the neighbors outside trying to do to the Rue Morgue?
(a) Get inside.
(b) Lock up after they left.
(c) Kill the murderer.
(d) Attack the women inside.

2. What does Dupin tell The Narrator about the case?
(a) He knows who the real killer is.
(b) He compares it to a piece of literature.
(c) Somebody needs to analyze the crime scene.
(d) It is not unsolvable.

3. What was the older murder victim's job?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Fortune teller.
(d) Writer.

4. Which of the following appears in Dupin's thought process for the comment he makes about an actor?
(a) Sherlock Holmes.
(b) The cloudy sky.
(c) A book he read a month ago.
(d) Orion.

5. What does Dupin say has the best chance of owning the animal he is looking for?
(a) A man in prison.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A woman.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author of the epigraph?

2. Who goes with Dupin to the Rue Morgue?

3. Dupin's comments about the actor are a direct response to whose thoughts?

4. What does the salesman in the story sell?

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

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