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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dupin believes he know who the killer is, what does he give The Narrator?
(a) A camera.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A rope.
(d) A knife.

2. What did all the witnesses agree about the second voice they heard?
(a) It was gruff.
(b) It was foreign.
(c) It was Spanish.
(d) It was a woman's voice.

3. How does The Narrator generally feel toward Dupin?
(a) Anger.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Envy.
(d) Admiration.

4. What is Dupin's only luxury?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Books.
(c) Going to the opera.
(d) Board games.

5. How did the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) He captured it.
(b) He bought it.
(c) It followed him home.
(d) He rescued it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does the word draughts refer to?

2. What does Dupin hope the ad will do directly?

3. What is the second sign of struggle at the crime scene?

4. What second item would provide a way for the murderer to enter and escape from the windows?

5. What did Adolphe carry for the murder victim when he walked her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the neighbors react to the murders at the Rue Morgue?

2. Describe the relationship between the laundress and the two murdered women.

3. Describe the location of Madame L'Espanaye's daughter's body.

4. Describe the interview that the laundress gave.

5. Describe how the killer killed the two women.

6. How did the sailor obtain an orangutan?

7. What is one example of Dupin's analytical skills put to use?

8. How did others view the murder victims before they died?

9. What was the result of the sailor coming clean about the orangutan?

10. Why did a struggle erupt between the sailor and the orangutan?

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