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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the tone of the voices that the neighbors heard?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Silly.

2. Describe the room in which the neighbors found on the 4th floor.
(a) Bloody.
(b) Disarray.
(c) Cluttered.
(d) Immaculate.

3. Where did the person of interest obtain an animal?
(a) Mongolia.
(b) The United States.
(c) Puero Rico.
(d) Borneo.

4. Who pays the rent in the home that Dupin and the narrator live in?
(a) Dupin's family.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Dupin.
(d) The government.

5. Describe the relationship between the murder victims and the first person interviewed about them.
(a) Good terms.
(b) They disapproved of each other.
(c) There was no relationship.
(d) Constantly fighting.

6. Which body part of the older murder victim was falling off?
(a) Her body was cut entirely in half.
(b) Head.
(c) Hands.
(d) Feet.

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

8. What was one of the murder victims cut with?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A knife.
(c) A razor.
(d) Glass from the window.

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

10. As a result of the man walking in on the animal at the Rue Morgue, what did the animal do?
(a) It ran away.
(b) It strangled a woman.
(c) It threw a piece of furniture.
(d) It cut a woman's neck.

11. Where did Dupin find hair when he conducted his own investigation?
(a) In the bathroom.
(b) Near Madame L'Espanaye.
(c) Near the chimney.
(d) Near the jewelry box.

12. Who does the narrator describe as madmen?
(a) Dupin and himself.
(b) Dupin and the sailor.
(c) The murder victims.
(d) The sailor and his pet.

13. How did the animal act after killing the women?
(a) Thrilled.
(b) Gleeful.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Scared.

14. What is the color of the first piece of evidence found at the Rue Morgue?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

15. Where is the first evidence for the murder found?
(a) The backyard.
(b) The door.
(c) The window.
(d) The hearth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the person of interest's goal for the animal?

2. What is the occupation of the second person interviewed about the murders?

3. What is directly outside the window at the Rue Morgue?

4. What game does the word draughts refer to?

5. Who does Dupin claim to know?

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