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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days before her death did Adolphe walk home the murder victim?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 5 days.

2. How many voices did the policeman claim to hear inside the Rue Morgue?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) None.
(d) 3.

3. How does Dupin feel about the police investigation of the murders?
(a) Appreciation.
(b) Proud.
(c) Envious.
(d) Disdain.

4. What is Dupin's only luxury?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Going to the opera.
(c) Books.
(d) Board games.

5. Dupin's comments about the actor are a direct response to whose thoughts?
(a) The actor's.
(b) The sailor's.
(c) The narrator's.
(d) The passerby's.

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

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

8. Which of the following is mentioned in the epigraph?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athena.

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

10. Who is described as using calculation, not analysis?
(a) Dupin.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) Chess players.
(d) Draughts players.

11. What tool was the animal using when the man walked in on him?
(a) A pen.
(b) A fork.
(c) A razor.
(d) A knife.

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

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

14. What makes the windows appear unopenable?
(a) Glue.
(b) A mirror.
(c) Broken glass.
(d) A spring mechanism.

15. In his ad, what does Dupin claim to possess?
(a) A box of books.
(b) An empty house.
(c) An apartment to rent out.
(d) An oranguatan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pieces are a part of the first evidence found in the Rue Morgue?

2. What was Dupin able to obtain from the police?

3. Who is able to back up the policeman's story?

4. What is an epigraph?

5. What does Dupin spend time investigating?

(see the answer keys)

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