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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. Describe the first piece of evidence found at the crime scene.
(a) Clear.
(b) Hard.
(c) Long.
(d) Broken.

2. How does Dupin get to the crime scene?
(a) He is given permission.
(b) He breaks open the gate.
(c) He sneaks in through a window.
(d) He breaks down the door.

3. What specific type of person does the narrator claim is often incapable of analysis?
(a) Children.
(b) Social men.
(c) Women.
(d) Ingenious men.

4. Which character can be compared to Sherlock Holmes?
(a) The policeman.
(b) Dupin.
(c) The sailor.
(d) The Narrator.

5. What happened to the man who helped the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) He wanted to kill the animal.
(b) He couldn't take the animal home with him.
(c) They got into a fight.
(d) He died.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the policeman describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?

2. What are the police not focusing on, according to Dupin?

3. What does the narrator note about Dupin and the way he acted during the case?

4. What is Dupin's interest in the case?

5. How does Dupin respond to a direct though in another person's head?

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