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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What has been taken from the Rue Morgue after the murders?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothing.
2. What is the epigraph's message to the reader?
(a) There are many temptations in life.
(b) Analysis is very important.
(c) Anybody or anything can be a killer.
(d) All mysteries are solvable.
3. What is the first event that leads to Dupin analyzing a thought that the narrator has?
(a) An actor walked by.
(b) A policeman stopped to talk to them.
(c) Somebody bumps into the narrator.
(d) Somebody walked by drinking alcohol.
4. How did the animal act when the man walked in on him at the Rue Morgue?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Enraged.
(d) Subdued.
5. Where was the older murder victim cut?
(a) Throat.
(b) Wrist.
(c) Legs.
(d) Various locations.
6. What happened to the man who helped the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) They got into a fight.
(b) He couldn't take the animal home with him.
(c) He died.
(d) He wanted to kill the animal.
7. What does Dupin want the person of interest to tell him?
(a) The details of the murder.
(b) Who the real killer is.
(c) Who he should contact for more information about the murder.
(d) Why he killed the victims.
8. What was the person of interest's goal for the animal?
(a) To kill it and eat it.
(b) To kill it for sport.
(c) To use it as a tool.
(d) To sell it.
9. What did all the witnesses agree about the second voice they heard?
(a) It was foreign.
(b) It was Spanish.
(c) It was a woman's voice.
(d) It was gruff.
10. What was the tone of the voices that the neighbors heard?
(a) Angry.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Silly.
(d) Ecstatic.
11. Who does Dupin relay the story of the murder to?
(a) The laundress.
(b) The tobacco salesman.
(c) A woman on the street.
(d) The police.
12. Why does Dupin believe the police arrested the man they did?
(a) He was the first suspect.
(b) He was the only one with access to the home.
(c) He had a history of violence.
(d) He was a known thief.
13. What were the neighbors outside trying to do to the Rue Morgue?
(a) Get inside.
(b) Lock up after they left.
(c) Attack the women inside.
(d) Kill the murderer.
14. How did the second person interviewed know one of the murder victims?
(a) He moved her furniture into the house.
(b) He carried her items home for her.
(c) He once sold to her.
(d) He painted her portrait.
15. Who is able to back up the policeman's story?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A salesman.
(c) A tenant in the building.
(d) A shop owner.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Dupin's interest in the case?
2. What type of home do Dupin and the narrator live in?
3. What is the name of the actor that Dupin remarks on?
4. Describe the relationship between Dupin and the narrator.
5. Who does the narrator describe as having an analytical mind?
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