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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the murder victims the only ones living in the Rue Morgue?
(a) There wasn't enough space for more people.
(b) Nobody wanted to live with them.
(c) They tired of tenants.
(d) They were recluses.

2. Why did the animal need help from the person of interest?
(a) It was wounded.
(b) It was starving.
(c) It had babies.
(d) It was being chased.

3. On what floor were voices heard in the Rue Morgue?
(a) 4th.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 1st.

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

5. How did the animal act when the man walked in on him at the Rue Morgue?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Enraged.
(d) Subdued.

6. How much money did Madame L'Espanaye pull out from the bank?
(a) 3000 francs.
(b) 3500 francs.
(c) 4500 francs.
(d) 4000 francs.

7. What specific type of person does the narrator claim is often incapable of analysis?
(a) Social men.
(b) Ingenious men.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

8. Which character can be compared to Sherlock Holmes?
(a) The sailor.
(b) Dupin.
(c) The Narrator.
(d) The policeman.

9. What game does the word draughts refer to?
(a) Chess.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Poker.
(d) Checkers.

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

11. Who explained the younger victim's death at the trial?
(a) Dupin.
(b) A salesman.
(c) A news reporter.
(d) A doctor.

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

13. Where was all the furniture located at the Rue Morgue?
(a) 5th floor.
(b) 1st floor.
(c) Basement.
(d) 4th floor.

14. Who answers the ad that Dupin puts up?
(a) A woman.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A child.
(d) A sailor.

15. What is the epigraph's message to the reader?
(a) All mysteries are solvable.
(b) There are many temptations in life.
(c) Anybody or anything can be a killer.
(d) Analysis is very important.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the point of view of the story?

2. What were the neighbors outside trying to do to the Rue Morgue?

3. How did the second person interviewed know one of the murder victims?

4. Who does Dupin believe the killer is?

5. What is the first evidence found at the Rue Morgue?

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