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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 Dupin's relationship to the first interviewed person?
(a) They are related.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) He used to date them.
(d) There is no relationship.

2. Who explained the younger victim's death at the trial?
(a) A salesman.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A news reporter.
(d) Dupin.

3. How does Dupin know the man who was arrested for the murders?
(a) The man wrote a letter to Dupin.
(b) The man sold Dupin a detective story.
(c) The man helped Dupin with something.
(d) The man was a waiter at a restaurant Dupin frequented.

4. Who was arrested for the murders?
(a) Dupin.
(b) Adolphe.
(c) The salesman.
(d) The laundress.

5. Who is the third person to testify at the court case for the murder?
(a) A bookseller.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A restaurant owner.
(d) Dupin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the person of interest enters Dupin's home, what does Dupin do?

2. What language did the policeman believe the second voice was speaking?

3. What did the man find the animal doing before it escaped?

4. What location does Dupin claim to want to visit?

5. What fact is determined about the chimney?

(see the answer key)

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