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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 relationship between the murder victims and the first person interviewed about them.
(a) They disapproved of each other.
(b) Constantly fighting.
(c) There was no relationship.
(d) Good terms.

2. How did the policeman describe the first voice he heard in the Rue Morgue?
(a) Animal-like.
(b) Shrill.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Gruff.

3. Who answers the ad that Dupin puts up?
(a) A sailor.
(b) A woman.
(c) A child.
(d) A policeman.

4. Who is described as using calculation, not analysis?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) Chess players.
(c) Draughts players.
(d) Dupin.

5. What does the salesman in the story sell?
(a) Books.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Fruits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the police note about the windows at the Rue Morgue?

2. Who did Adolphe see when he accompanied the murder victim home?

3. How many days before her death did Adolphe walk home the murder victim?

4. How is Madame L'Espanaye related to Camille?

5. Which of the following is mentioned in the epigraph?

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