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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 found a ribbon at the crime scene?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) A sailor.
(c) Dupin.
(d) The policeman.

2. What does Dupin tell the person of interest that he has?
(a) A phone.
(b) A pistol.
(c) Handcuffs.
(d) A knife.

3. What was one of the murder victims cut with?
(a) Glass from the window.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A razor.
(d) A knife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first to testify at the trial?

2. To Dupin, what quality of the murder defies any motive?

3. What does the epigraph introduce?

4. What does the Narrator claim doesn't make a good player?

5. How did Dupin describe the hair that he found when he conducted his own investigation?

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