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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 makes the windows appear unopenable?
(a) Glue.
(b) A mirror.
(c) Broken glass.
(d) A spring mechanism.

2. What is directly outside the window at the Rue Morgue?
(a) A pool of water down below.
(b) A clothing line.
(c) A tree.
(d) A lightning rod.

3. What does Dupin say has the best chance of owning the animal he is looking for?
(a) A woman.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A child.
(d) A man in prison.

4. What is an epigraph?
(a) A quotation from another work.
(b) A piece of figurative language.
(c) A piece of dialogue.
(d) A solution to a problem.

5. Who does Dupin believe the ribbon belonged to?
(a) A child.
(b) A woman.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A sailor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did each witness identify?

3. How did the animal respond to the man when he was caught?

4. How many days before her death did Madame L'Espanaye pull out money?

5. Describe the room in which the neighbors found on the 4th floor.

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