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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 relationship between the murder victims and the first person interviewed about them.
(a) Good terms.
(b) Constantly fighting.
(c) They disapproved of each other.
(d) There was no relationship.

2. What is Dupin's one impossible scenario?
(a) A woman killed the victims.
(b) The murderer was an animal.
(c) The women were killed by a friend.
(d) The women killed each other.

3. Which word describes Dupin's family?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Vindictive.
(d) Impoverished.

4. What is Dupin's only luxury?
(a) Board games.
(b) Going to the opera.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Books.

5. How do neighbors enter the Rue Morgue?
(a) They use a crowbar.
(b) They break a window.
(c) They enter through the garage.
(d) The door is already open.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the language of the second voice, according to the neighbor who testified about the case?

2. Who is able to back up the policeman's story?

3. Who does Dupin believe has lost an animal?

4. How does Dupin get to the crime scene?

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

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