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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 was the animal doing when the man followed him and found him elsewhere?
(a) Stealing tobacco.
(b) Strangling a woman.
(c) Shoving a body up the chimney.
(d) Shaving Madame L'Espanaye.

2. What is the language of the second voice, according to the neighbor who testified about the case?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

3. How was the person found in the chimney killed?
(a) Gunshot.
(b) Decapitated.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Stabbed.

4. What is the name of the actor that Dupin remarks on?
(a) Maleno.
(b) Trimmel.
(c) Chantilly.
(d) Sporkson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is definitely not a motive for the murders?

2. What was the older murder victim's job?

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

4. How did Dupin describe the hair that he found when he conducted his own investigation?

5. What does the epigraph introduce?

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