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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 Dupin get to the crime scene?
(a) He is given permission.
(b) He breaks open the gate.
(c) He breaks down the door.
(d) He sneaks in through a window.

2. Who speaks through a translator at the court case for the murders?
(a) A neighbor of the victims.
(b) The policeman.
(c) The restaurant owner.
(d) The salesman.

3. What are the contents of the second newspaper with information about the murders?
(a) Interviews.
(b) A brief statement of the arrest of a suspect.
(c) Pictures of the crime scene.
(d) Pictures of suspects.

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

5. What is the setting of the events that unfold in the story?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dupin's one impossible scenario?

2. When the neighbors looked on the 4th floor, who did they see immediately?

3. What is the second sign of struggle at the crime scene?

4. Who helped the person of interest obtain the animal?

5. What is the occupation of the second person interviewed about the murders?

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