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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) Ingenious men.
(d) Social men.

2. What does Dupin tell The Narrator about the case?
(a) Somebody needs to analyze the crime scene.
(b) He compares it to a piece of literature.
(c) He knows who the real killer is.
(d) It is not unsolvable.

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

4. Describe the relationship between the murder victims and the first person interviewed about them.
(a) Good terms.
(b) Constantly fighting.
(c) There was no relationship.
(d) They disapproved of each other.

5. When the news report is read by Dupin, what does he realize?
(a) The trial was not a fair one.
(b) The policeman lied about what he heard.
(c) The people interviewed were liars.
(d) There are no real clues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the style of Dupin and the narrator's home?

2. Why do Dupin and the narrator move in together?

3. Who does the narrator describe as having an analytical mind?

4. At the time of the murder, where were both of the women?

5. What fact is determined about the chimney?

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