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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) The Narrator.
(b) A sailor.
(c) Dupin.
(d) The policeman.

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

3. Who helped the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His friend.
(c) His boss.
(d) His brother.

4. What is the Rue Morgue?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) A theater.
(c) A morgue.
(d) A home.

5. What could the police hear from outside the Rue Morgue?
(a) Screams.
(b) The sound of a car starting.
(c) Crashing sounds.
(d) Animal sounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is mentioned in the epigraph?

2. What does the narrator note about Dupin and the way he acted during the case?

3. What did the man find the animal doing before it escaped?

4. What does Dupin say has the best chance of owning the animal he is looking for?

5. What is Dupin's only luxury?

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