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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 fact is determined about the chimney?
(a) The victim was still alive when she was put in the chimney.
(b) The chimeny had previously been blocked in.
(c) It is too small to be an entrance and exit.
(d) The body in the chimney had been there longer than the other.

2. How does The Narrator generally feel toward Dupin?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Envy.
(d) Anger.

3. Who does Dupin relay the story of the murder to?
(a) The laundress.
(b) The tobacco salesman.
(c) The police.
(d) A woman on the street.

4. How is Dupin different from his family?
(a) He is vindictive.
(b) He is mpoverished.
(c) He is wealthy.
(d) He is sympathetic.

5. Where was the second body found at the Rue Morgue?
(a) Outside.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the bath tub.
(d) Under a bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with Dupin to the Rue Morgue?

2. What are the only possible manners of escape from the Rue Morgue for the murderer?

3. How do neighbors enter the Rue Morgue?

4. How does Dupin describe the person who strangled the younger murder victim?

5. What appears to be impossible for the murderer to have done in the room at the Rue Morgue?

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