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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 happened to the man who helped the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) He couldn't take the animal home with him.
(b) He wanted to kill the animal.
(c) They got into a fight.
(d) He died.

2. What woke up the neighbors of the Rue Morgue?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) A fight.
(c) Screams.
(d) Breaking windows.

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

4. What is Dupin's first initial?
(a) A.
(b) C.
(c) G.
(d) M.

5. What tool was the animal using when the man walked in on him?
(a) A fork.
(b) A razor.
(c) A knife.
(d) A pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dupin's one impossible scenario?

2. What does the salesman in the story sell?

3. How does Dupin describe the person who strangled the younger murder victim?

4. When the neighbors looked on the 4th floor, who did they see immediately?

5. What is the epigraph's message to the reader?

(see the answer key)

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