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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 spend time investigating?
(a) The trapdoor.
(b) The windows.
(c) The doors.
(d) The chimney.

2. How does Dupin feel about the police investigation of the murders?
(a) Envious.
(b) Disdain.
(c) Proud.
(d) Appreciation.

3. When the neighbors looked on the 4th floor, who did they see immediately?
(a) Nobody.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Dupin.
(d) A sailor.

4. How was the person found in the chimney killed?
(a) Decapitated.
(b) Gunshot.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Stabbed.

5. Where does the narrator meet Dupin for the first time?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the policeman describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?

2. Who does Dupin claim to know?

3. Who is first interviewed about the murders?

4. Why does Dupin believe the police arrested the man they did?

5. What type of home do Dupin and the narrator live in?

(see the answer key)

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