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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pieces are a part of the first evidence found in the Rue Morgue?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

3. What is the purpose of the epigraph in the beginning of the story?
(a) To foreshadow future events.
(b) To give the solution to the mystery.
(c) To illustrate the scene.
(d) To introduce the characters.

4. Which of the following languages is not claimed to be belonging to the second voice?
(a) Russian.
(b) German.
(c) Swedish.
(d) English.

5. Where was the older murder victim cut?
(a) Legs.
(b) Various locations.
(c) Throat.
(d) Wrist.

6. How did the policeman describe the first voice he heard in the Rue Morgue?
(a) Shrill.
(b) Gruff.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Animal-like.

7. How does Dupin get to the crime scene?
(a) He breaks open the gate.
(b) He is given permission.
(c) He sneaks in through a window.
(d) He breaks down the door.

8. What is found on the neck of the younger murder victim?
(a) Cuts.
(b) Hair.
(c) Bruises.
(d) Jewelry.

9. How did the animal respond to the man when he was caught?
(a) He ran off.
(b) He became more peaceful.
(c) He threatened violence.
(d) He was subdued.

10. What are the police not focusing on, according to Dupin?
(a) Important aspects of the crime.
(b) The place that the killer worked.
(c) Possible suspects.
(d) Other possible victims.

11. What woke up the neighbors of the Rue Morgue?
(a) A fight.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Screams.
(d) Breaking windows.

12. Who was arrested for the murders?
(a) Adolphe.
(b) The laundress.
(c) Dupin.
(d) The salesman.

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

14. When the neighbors looked on the 4th floor, who did they see immediately?
(a) The narrator.
(b) A sailor.
(c) Dupin.
(d) Nobody.

15. How did Dupin describe the hair that he found when he conducted his own investigation?
(a) Gray.
(b) Pieces of a wig.
(c) Suggesting a poor diet for the person who it shed from.
(d) Not belonging to a human.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first sign of struggle at the crime scene?

2. Who is described as using calculation, not analysis?

3. Who does the narrator describe as madmen?

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

5. What is the second sign of struggle at the crime scene?

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