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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Duping believe is true about the killer?
(a) He had unusual strength.
(b) He could not speak.
(c) He hated the women with a passion.
(d) He was very hairy.

2. To Dupin, what quality of the murder defies any motive?
(a) The gruesomeness.
(b) The fact that the murder is so mysterious.
(c) The lack of suspects.
(d) The fact that the victims were women.

3. What did the animal do to the older victim?
(a) Put her in a bathtub.
(b) Threw her into the kitchen.
(c) Smashed her head on a mirror.
(d) Threw her out the window.

4. Who does Dupin relay the story of the murder to?
(a) A woman on the street.
(b) The police.
(c) The laundress.
(d) The tobacco salesman.

5. What is the second word that the policeman hears from outside the crime scene?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Malevolent.
(c) Diable.
(d) Devil.

6. How many neighbors did the police find outside the Rue Morgue?
(a) 20 to 30.
(b) 10 to 20.
(c) 5 to 10.
(d) 30 to 40.

7. What language did the policeman believe the second voice was speaking?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

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

9. Who did the policeman believe the first voice belonged to?
(a) A child.
(b) A Frenchman.
(c) An Italian man.
(d) A Spanish woman.

10. Why do Dupin and the narrator move in together?
(a) They hope it will encourage them to find wives.
(b) They hope to exchange knowledge.
(c) It will save them money.
(d) They enjoy each other's company.

11. What is Adolphe's last name?
(a) Mon Dieu.
(b) Beverly.
(c) Le Bon.
(d) Drayton.

12. Which of the following is definitely not a motive for the murders?
(a) Anger.
(b) A random act.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Robbert.

13. Who was the first to testify at the trial?
(a) News reporter.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Fortune teller.
(d) Salesman.

14. Where was the second body found at the Rue Morgue?
(a) Under a bed.
(b) Outside.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the bath tub.

15. Why does Dupin believe the police arrested the man they did?
(a) He was a known thief.
(b) He had a history of violence.
(c) He was the only one with access to the home.
(d) He was the first suspect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What genre does the story best fit into?

2. What happened when the man walked in on the animal?

3. What location does Dupin claim to want to visit?

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

5. What is Dupin's first initial?

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