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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. What location does Dupin claim to want to visit?
(a) The Rue Morgue.
(b) A politician's office.
(c) A ship that recently came to shore.
(d) The police headquarters.

2. What did the animal do to the older victim?
(a) Threw her into the kitchen.
(b) Threw her out the window.
(c) Put her in a bathtub.
(d) Smashed her head on a mirror.

3. What is the epigraph's message to the reader?
(a) There are many temptations in life.
(b) Anybody or anything can be a killer.
(c) All mysteries are solvable.
(d) Analysis is very important.

4. What is the first evidence found at the Rue Morgue?
(a) A weapon.
(b) Hair.
(c) Glass from the broken window.
(d) Fingernails.

5. When the person of interest enters Dupin's home, what does Dupin do?
(a) He shoots the man.
(b) He locks the door.
(c) He asks for the man's wallet.
(d) He handcuffs the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the style of Dupin and the narrator's home?

2. Why does Dupin believe the police arrested the man they did?

3. What language does the third witness claim to have heard from the second voice at the crime scene?

4. Which of the following is definitely not a motive for the murders?

5. Which character can be compared to Sherlock Holmes?

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