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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 is the occupation of the fourth witness at the court case for the murders?
(a) Policeman.
(b) Shopkeeper.
(c) Banker.
(d) Fortune teller.

3. What genre does the story best fit into?
(a) Gothic horror story.
(b) Comedy-mystery.
(c) Ghost story.
(d) Detective story.

4. What is the point of view of the story?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person omniscient.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) Second person.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who answers the ad that Dupin puts up?

2. Which body part of the older murder victim was falling off?

3. When Dupin believes he know who the killer is, what does he give The Narrator?

4. What tool was the animal using when the man walked in on him?

5. Who does Dupin claim to know?

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