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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. Who goes with Dupin to the Rue Morgue?
(a) Adolphe.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) The salesman.
(d) The laundress.

2. What is the first event that leads to Dupin analyzing a thought that the narrator has?
(a) A policeman stopped to talk to them.
(b) Somebody walked by drinking alcohol.
(c) Somebody bumps into the narrator.
(d) An actor walked by.

3. What is evidence of no forced entry into the Rue Morgue?
(a) There were cobwebs over all the doors.
(b) The gate had not been opened in years.
(c) There were no windows.
(d) The doors were locked from the inside.

4. What language did the policeman believe the second voice was speaking?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

5. What was one of the murder victims cut with?
(a) Glass from the window.
(b) A razor.
(c) A knife.
(d) A pencil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the Narrator claim is an admirable skill?

2. Who is able to back up the policeman's story?

3. Who pays the rent in the home that Dupin and the narrator live in?

4. What comment about an actor does Dupin make?

5. When the neighbors looked on the 4th floor, who did they see immediately?

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