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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 type of home do Dupin and the narrator live in?
(a) A single family home.
(b) Shack.
(c) Trailer.
(d) Mansion.

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

3. Describe the body found in the chimney.
(a) An animal.
(b) A child.
(c) An old woman.
(d) A young woman.

4. Who speaks through a translator at the court case for the murders?
(a) The salesman.
(b) A neighbor of the victims.
(c) The policeman.
(d) The restaurant owner.

5. Who goes with Dupin to the Rue Morgue?
(a) The salesman.
(b) Adolphe.
(c) The Narrator.
(d) The laundress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second word that the policeman hears from outside the crime scene?

2. What was the Rue Morgue once used for?

3. When the news report is read by Dupin, what does he realize?

4. What is Dupin's interest in the case?

5. What second item would provide a way for the murderer to enter and escape from the windows?

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