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

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

3. How is Madame L'Espanaye related to Camille?
(a) She is her mother.
(b) She is her mother-in-law.
(c) She is her aunt.
(d) She is her sister.

4. Which character can be compared to Sherlock Holmes?
(a) The sailor.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) Dupin.
(d) The policeman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the news report is read by Dupin, what does he realize?

2. What is Adolphe's job?

3. What is the epigraph's message to the reader?

4. How does Dupin respond to a direct though in another person's head?

5. How does Dupin feel about the police investigation of the murders?

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