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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 are the police not focusing on, according to Dupin?
(a) The place that the killer worked.
(b) Possible suspects.
(c) Important aspects of the crime.
(d) Other possible victims.

2. What evidence exists against Adolphe?
(a) His voice was heard at the crime scene.
(b) His business card was found outside the house.
(c) His fingerprints were found at the crime scene.
(d) None.

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

4. What does the person of interest tell Dupin?
(a) What weapon was used.
(b) The story of the murder.
(c) Why he killed the women.
(d) The motive for the killer.

5. On what topic do all testimonials disagree at the trial?
(a) The murder weapon.
(b) The identity of one of the victims.
(c) The second voice heard in the room.
(d) The scene of the crime.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Dupin's middle name?

3. What does the narrator note about Dupin and the way he acted during the case?

4. What was the animal doing when the man followed him and found him elsewhere?

5. What does Dupin want the person of interest to tell him?

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