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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 is the style of Dupin and the narrator's home?
(a) Modern.
(b) Roman.
(c) Gothic.
(d) Spanish.

2. What fact is determined about the chimney?
(a) The victim was still alive when she was put in the chimney.
(b) The chimeny had previously been blocked in.
(c) The body in the chimney had been there longer than the other.
(d) It is too small to be an entrance and exit.

3. What is Dupin's one impossible scenario?
(a) The women killed each other.
(b) The murderer was an animal.
(c) A woman killed the victims.
(d) The women were killed by a friend.

4. Why does Dupin believe the police arrested the man they did?
(a) He had a history of violence.
(b) He was the only one with access to the home.
(c) He was the first suspect.
(d) He was a known thief.

5. Which of the following appears in Dupin's thought process for the comment he makes about an actor?
(a) The cloudy sky.
(b) Sherlock Holmes.
(c) Orion.
(d) A book he read a month ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dupin's interest in the case?

2. What kind of motive for murder does Dupin believe the man who was arrested has, despite the fact that he is the main suspect?

3. What specific type of person does the narrator claim is often incapable of analysis?

4. Which word describes Dupin's family?

5. What language did the policeman believe the second voice was speaking?

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