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

2. What is the point of view of the story?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person limited.

3. What is the style of Dupin and the narrator's home?
(a) Gothic.
(b) Modern.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Roman.

4. How did the policeman describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Shrill.
(c) Italian.
(d) Gruff.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first to testify at the trial?

2. To Dupin, what quality of the murder defies any motive?

3. At the time of the murder, where were both of the women?

4. What kind of motive for murder does Dupin believe the man who was arrested has, despite the fact that he is the main suspect?

5. Which of the following is definitely not a motive for the murders?

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