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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 was the animal doing when the man followed him and found him elsewhere?
(a) Shaving Madame L'Espanaye.
(b) Stealing tobacco.
(c) Strangling a woman.
(d) Shoving a body up the chimney.

2. When the news report is read by Dupin, what does he realize?
(a) There are no real clues.
(b) The trial was not a fair one.
(c) The policeman lied about what he heard.
(d) The people interviewed were liars.

3. What is the second word that the policeman hears from outside the crime scene?
(a) Malevolent.
(b) Devil.
(c) Criminal.
(d) Diable.

4. How did the policeman describe the first voice he heard in the Rue Morgue?
(a) Gruff.
(b) Animal-like.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Shrill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is found on the neck of the younger murder victim?

2. Who did Adolphe see when he accompanied the murder victim home?

3. How many days before her death did Adolphe walk home the murder victim?

4. Describe the body found in the chimney.

5. In his ad, what does Dupin claim to possess?

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