View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the second person interviewed know one of the murder victims?
(a) He moved her furniture into the house.
(b) He once sold to her.
(c) He carried her items home for her.
(d) He painted her portrait.

2. What phrase did the third witness claim to have heard outside the crime scene?
(a) Mon Dieu.
(b) Oh my God.
(c) Como estas.
(d) Deja vu.

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

4. What is Dupin's one impossible scenario?
(a) The women were killed by a friend.
(b) A woman killed the victims.
(c) The women killed each other.
(d) The murderer was an animal.

5. How many days before her death did Adolphe walk home the murder victim?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 4 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Dupin and the narrator.

2. Who does the narrator describe as madmen?

3. What does the person of interest tell Dupin?

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

5. What woke up the neighbors of the Rue Morgue?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 240 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample