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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 room in which the neighbors found on the 4th floor.
(a) Disarray.
(b) Immaculate.
(c) Bloody.
(d) Cluttered.

2. What location does Dupin claim to want to visit?
(a) A ship that recently came to shore.
(b) The Rue Morgue.
(c) A politician's office.
(d) The police headquarters.

3. Why do Dupin and the narrator move in together?
(a) They hope to exchange knowledge.
(b) It will save them money.
(c) They hope it will encourage them to find wives.
(d) They enjoy each other's company.

4. Which of the following is mentioned in the epigraph?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Zeus.

5. Who is shocked by Dupin's comments about the actor?
(a) The actor.
(b) The sailor.
(c) A passerby.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What specific type of person does the narrator claim is often incapable of analysis?

2. Which of the following languages is not claimed to be belonging to the second voice?

3. Why are the murder victims the only ones living in the Rue Morgue?

4. Who speaks through a translator at the court case for the murders?

5. How many days before her death did Madame L'Espanaye pull out money?

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