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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 tool was the animal using when the man walked in on him?
(a) A pen.
(b) A fork.
(c) A razor.
(d) A knife.

2. How did the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) He bought it.
(b) He captured it.
(c) He rescued it.
(d) It followed him home.

3. How is Madame L'Espanaye related to Camille?
(a) She is her mother-in-law.
(b) She is her sister.
(c) She is her aunt.
(d) She is her mother.

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

5. What fact is determined about the chimney?
(a) It is too small to be an entrance and exit.
(b) The body in the chimney had been there longer than the other.
(c) The chimeny had previously been blocked in.
(d) The victim was still alive when she was put in the chimney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language did the policeman believe the second voice was speaking?

2. What is the style of Dupin and the narrator's home?

3. What did Adolphe carry for the murder victim when he walked her home?

4. What does Dupin hope the ad will do directly?

5. How many days before her death did Adolphe walk home the murder victim?

(see the answer key)

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