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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Describe the relationship between Dupin and the narrator.
(a) They are cousins.
(b) They are good friends.
(c) One is a teacher and one is a student.
(d) They are co-workers.

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

5. What is the first event that leads to Dupin analyzing a thought that the narrator has?
(a) Somebody bumps into the narrator.
(b) An actor walked by.
(c) Somebody walked by drinking alcohol.
(d) A policeman stopped to talk to them.

6. Who is shocked by Dupin's comments about the actor?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The actor.
(c) The sailor.
(d) A passerby.

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

8. How is Dupin different from his family?
(a) He is sympathetic.
(b) He is wealthy.
(c) He is vindictive.
(d) He is mpoverished.

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

10. Who does the narrator describe as having an analytical mind?
(a) One of the murder victims.
(b) Dupin.
(c) The sailor.
(d) Himself.

11. What did Adolphe carry for the murder victim when he walked her home?
(a) Books.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Gold.

12. Who speaks through a translator at the court case for the murders?
(a) The salesman.
(b) The restaurant owner.
(c) A neighbor of the victims.
(d) The policeman.

13. What is Dupin determined to do in the story?
(a) Watch the case unfold in an interesting manor.
(b) Turn in the policeman for his awful work on the case.
(c) Form his own theories about the murders.
(d) Make sure Adolphe stays behind bards.

14. What does Dupin spend time investigating?
(a) The doors.
(b) The chimney.
(c) The windows.
(d) The trapdoor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence exists against Adolphe?

2. Why do Dupin and the narrator move in together?

3. What is the name of the author of the epigraph?

4. How long had the first person interviewed known the murder victims?

5. Who does Dupin explain his hypothesis to first?

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