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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 is the Rue Morgue?
(a) A home.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A morgue.
(d) A theater.

2. Which character serves as a template for deductive minds?
(a) The sailor.
(b) The policeman.
(c) The Narrator.
(d) Dupin.

3. What is the name of the author of the epigraph?
(a) Sir Thomas Browne.
(b) Sir Bennet Austin.
(c) Sir Arthur Hoyle.
(d) Sir Samuel Smithe.

4. When the neighbors looked on the 4th floor, who did they see immediately?
(a) A sailor.
(b) Dupin.
(c) Nobody.
(d) The narrator.

5. Describe the yard outside the Rue Morgue.
(a) Large with lots of grassy hills.
(b) Small and paved.
(c) Small and grassy.
(d) Large with a swimming pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the body placed in the chimney?

2. How did the animal act after killing the women?

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

4. What woke up the neighbors of the Rue Morgue?

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

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