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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 Dupin tell The Narrator about the case?
(a) Somebody needs to analyze the crime scene.
(b) It is not unsolvable.
(c) He compares it to a piece of literature.
(d) He knows who the real killer is.

2. How did Dupin describe the hair that he found when he conducted his own investigation?
(a) Gray.
(b) Pieces of a wig.
(c) Not belonging to a human.
(d) Suggesting a poor diet for the person who it shed from.

3. What kind of motive for murder does Dupin believe the man who was arrested has, despite the fact that he is the main suspect?
(a) Cooperative.
(b) Strong.
(c) Flimsy.
(d) Strange.

4. How did the policeman describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?
(a) Shrill.
(b) Gruff.
(c) Italian.
(d) Quiet.

5. What evidence exists against Adolphe?
(a) His fingerprints were found at the crime scene.
(b) None.
(c) His business card was found outside the house.
(d) His voice was heard at the crime scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many neighbors did the police find outside the Rue Morgue?

2. At a single glance, what can be assumed about the windows?

3. What did all the witnesses agree about the second voice they heard?

4. What does the epigraph introduce?

5. Which character can be compared to Sherlock Holmes?

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