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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 does Dupin tell The Narrator about the case?
(a) Somebody needs to analyze the crime scene.
(b) It is not unsolvable.
(c) He knows who the real killer is.
(d) He compares it to a piece of literature.

2. How did the animal respond to the man when he was caught?
(a) He threatened violence.
(b) He ran off.
(c) He was subdued.
(d) He became more peaceful.

3. How does Dupin get to the crime scene?
(a) He is given permission.
(b) He breaks open the gate.
(c) He breaks down the door.
(d) He sneaks in through a window.

4. What were the neighbors outside trying to do to the Rue Morgue?
(a) Attack the women inside.
(b) Get inside.
(c) Kill the murderer.
(d) Lock up after they left.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word describes Dupin's family?

2. Which character can be compared to Sherlock Holmes?

3. What was the older murder victim's job?

4. How does Dupin know the man who was arrested for the murders?

5. Which of the following did the animal do?

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