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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. Who does the narrator describe as having an analytical mind?
(a) Dupin.
(b) The sailor.
(c) Himself.
(d) One of the murder victims.

2. What is the second word that the policeman hears from outside the crime scene?
(a) Diable.
(b) Malevolent.
(c) Criminal.
(d) Devil.

3. What is Dupin's relationship to the first interviewed person?
(a) They went to school together.
(b) They are related.
(c) There is no relationship.
(d) He used to date them.

4. Where was the older murder victim cut?
(a) Legs.
(b) Throat.
(c) Various locations.
(d) Wrist.

5. Where did the man find the animal again?
(a) At the park.
(b) The tobacco store.
(c) The Rue Morgue.
(d) A gothic mansion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool was the animal using when the man walked in on him?

2. What is Adolphe's last name?

3. How many days before her death did Madame L'Espanaye pull out money?

4. What was the animal doing when the man followed him and found him elsewhere?

5. How many people have been killed in the story?

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