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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. Who found a ribbon at the crime scene?
(a) A sailor.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) The policeman.
(d) Dupin.

2. What are the police not focusing on, according to Dupin?
(a) The place that the killer worked.
(b) Other possible victims.
(c) Important aspects of the crime.
(d) Possible suspects.

3. Who does the narrator describe as madmen?
(a) The murder victims.
(b) Dupin and himself.
(c) The sailor and his pet.
(d) Dupin and the sailor.

4. Why are the murder victims the only ones living in the Rue Morgue?
(a) Nobody wanted to live with them.
(b) They were recluses.
(c) They tired of tenants.
(d) There wasn't enough space for more people.

5. When the person of interest enters Dupin's home, what does Dupin do?
(a) He handcuffs the man.
(b) He asks for the man's wallet.
(c) He locks the door.
(d) He shoots the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Madame L'Espanaye related to Camille?

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

3. What was one of the murder victims cut with?

4. Where did the man find the animal again?

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

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