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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 Dupin determined to do in the story?
(a) Form his own theories about the murders.
(b) Make sure Adolphe stays behind bards.
(c) Watch the case unfold in an interesting manor.
(d) Turn in the policeman for his awful work on the case.

2. Where was all the furniture located at the Rue Morgue?
(a) 5th floor.
(b) 1st floor.
(c) 4th floor.
(d) Basement.

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

4. How did the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) He rescued it.
(b) He bought it.
(c) He captured it.
(d) It followed him home.

5. Where did Dupin find hair when he conducted his own investigation?
(a) Near the chimney.
(b) Near Madame L'Espanaye.
(c) Near the jewelry box.
(d) In the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dupin believe the killer is?

2. What does the person of interest tell Dupin?

3. What were the neighbors outside trying to do to the Rue Morgue?

4. Which of the following appears in Dupin's thought process for the comment he makes about an actor?

5. Who answers the ad that Dupin puts up?

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