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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 specific type of person does the narrator claim is often incapable of analysis?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Social men.
(d) Ingenious men.

2. What is Adolphe's job?
(a) Shopowner.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Banker.
(d) Clerk.

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

4. What was the tone of the voices that the neighbors heard?
(a) Angry.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Silly.

5. On what topic do all testimonials disagree at the trial?
(a) The second voice heard in the room.
(b) The identity of one of the victims.
(c) The scene of the crime.
(d) The murder weapon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was all the furniture located at the Rue Morgue?

2. How does Dupin get to the crime scene?

3. How did the person of interest obtain the animal?

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

5. How many days before her death did Adolphe walk home the murder victim?

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