The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - The Murders in the Rue Morgue

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

2. What is the purpose of the epigraph in the beginning of the story?

3. Which of the following is mentioned in the epigraph?

4. What is the epigraph's message to the reader?

5. What is an epigraph?

6. What does the epigraph introduce?

7. Who is described as using calculation, not analysis?

8. Which of the following does the Narrator claim is an admirable skill?

9. What game does the word draughts refer to?

10. What does the Narrator claim is the most analytical game?

11. What does the Narrator claim doesn't make a good player?