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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 game does the word draughts refer to?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Chess.
(d) Poker.

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

3. Where is the first evidence for the murder found?
(a) The window.
(b) The door.
(c) The hearth.
(d) The backyard.

4. At the time of the murder, where were both of the women?
(a) In the same room.
(b) One was outside and one was inside.
(c) In different rooms.
(d) Both were outside.

5. Which body part of the older murder victim was falling off?
(a) Hands.
(b) Her body was cut entirely in half.
(c) Feet.
(d) Head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the contents of the second newspaper with information about the murders?

2. Which of the following words did the policeman hear from outside the crime scene?

3. Which of the following words describes The Narrator?

4. What did all the witnesses agree about the second voice they heard?

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

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