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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. Which character serves as a template for deductive minds?
(a) Dupin.
(b) The policeman.
(c) The sailor.
(d) The Narrator.

2. Who does Dupin relay the story of the murder to?
(a) The tobacco salesman.
(b) The laundress.
(c) The police.
(d) A woman on the street.

3. Which of the following did the policeman use to describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?
(a) Distinct.
(b) Intense.
(c) Indecipherable.
(d) Shy.

4. Who does Dupin believe has lost an animal?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A salesman.

5. When the neighbors looked on the 4th floor, who did they see immediately?
(a) A sailor.
(b) Nobody.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Dupin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been taken from the Rue Morgue after the murders?

2. How did the policeman describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?

3. Why did the animal need help from the person of interest?

4. How does Dupin get to the crime scene?

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

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