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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. How did the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) He captured it.
(b) He rescued it.
(c) He bought it.
(d) It followed him home.

2. Which character can be compared to Sherlock Holmes?
(a) The policeman.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) The sailor.
(d) Dupin.

3. What does the salesman in the story sell?
(a) Fruits.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Books.

4. What genre does the story best fit into?
(a) Ghost story.
(b) Comedy-mystery.
(c) Gothic horror story.
(d) Detective story.

5. What does Dupin believe he may have to do to the man who is coming to visit them?
(a) Turn him in to the police.
(b) Detain him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Torture him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Narrator claim is the most analytical game?

2. How does Dupin know the man who was arrested for the murders?

3. How did the older murder victim die?

4. In his ad, what does Dupin claim to possess?

5. What is Dupin's relationship to the first interviewed person?

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