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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 does The Narrator generally feel toward Dupin?
(a) Envy.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Anger.

2. What could the police hear from outside the Rue Morgue?
(a) Screams.
(b) Crashing sounds.
(c) Animal sounds.
(d) The sound of a car starting.

3. Who is first interviewed about the murders?
(a) The narrator.
(b) A tobacco salesman.
(c) A laundress.
(d) Dupin.

4. What game does the word draughts refer to?
(a) Poker.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Chess.
(d) Backgammon.

5. Which of the following is definitely not a motive for the murders?
(a) Anger.
(b) A random act.
(c) Robbert.
(d) Jealousy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words did the policeman hear from outside the crime scene?

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

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

4. What phrase did the third witness claim to have heard outside the crime scene?

5. How did the second person interviewed know one of the murder victims?

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