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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 second item would provide a way for the murderer to enter and escape from the windows?
(a) Shutters.
(b) A clothing line.
(c) A balcony.
(d) Tree branches.

2. What was the Rue Morgue once used for?
(a) Floors were rented to tenants.
(b) It is on the grounds where a zoo once was.
(c) It was a factory.
(d) It was an art gallery.

3. Who is first interviewed about the murders?
(a) A tobacco salesman.
(b) A laundress.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Dupin.

4. How did Dupin describe the hair that he found when he conducted his own investigation?
(a) Pieces of a wig.
(b) Not belonging to a human.
(c) Suggesting a poor diet for the person who it shed from.
(d) Gray.

5. Which of the following words did the policeman hear from outside the crime scene?
(a) Love.
(b) Disturb.
(c) Sacre.
(d) Deja.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Adolphe's job?

2. Who does Dupin believe the ribbon belonged to?

3. How does The Narrator generally feel toward Dupin?

4. Who found a ribbon at the crime scene?

5. What does Duping believe is true about the killer?

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