The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

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

Sir Thomas Browne.

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

To foreshadow future events.

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

Achilles.

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

All mysteries are solvable.

5. What is an epigraph?

A quotation from another work.

6. What does the epigraph introduce?

A recurring theme.

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

Chess players.

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

Analysis.

9. What game does the word draughts refer to?

Checkers.

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

Draughts.

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

Memorization.

12. What specific type of person does...
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