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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the older murder victim die?
(a) She died of shock.
(b) She was beat to death.
(c) She bled to death.
(d) She had been shot.

2. How was the person found in the chimney killed?
(a) Decapitated.
(b) Gunshot.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Stabbed.

3. 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) Watch the case unfold in an interesting manor.
(d) Turn in the policeman for his awful work on the case.

4. What was the person of interest's goal for the animal?
(a) To use it as a tool.
(b) To kill it and eat it.
(c) To sell it.
(d) To kill it for sport.

5. Who does Dupin believe the ribbon belonged to?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A woman.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A child.

6. What is the name of the actor that Dupin remarks on?
(a) Chantilly.
(b) Trimmel.
(c) Maleno.
(d) Sporkson.

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

8. When the person of interest enters Dupin's home, what does Dupin do?
(a) He handcuffs the man.
(b) He shoots the man.
(c) He asks for the man's wallet.
(d) He locks the door.

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

10. Where did the man find the animal again?
(a) At the park.
(b) A gothic mansion.
(c) The tobacco store.
(d) The Rue Morgue.

11. Describe the yard outside the Rue Morgue.
(a) Large with lots of grassy hills.
(b) Large with a swimming pool.
(c) Small and paved.
(d) Small and grassy.

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

13. What was the older murder victim's job?
(a) Writer.
(b) Fortune teller.
(c) Photographer.
(d) Seamstress.

14. What was Dupin able to obtain from the police?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Jewelry that once belonged to the victims.
(c) Essays.
(d) Drawings.

15. How is Madame L'Espanaye related to Camille?
(a) She is her mother-in-law.
(b) She is her aunt.
(c) She is her mother.
(d) She is her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dupin's interest in the case?

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

3. How did the policeman describe the first voice he heard in the Rue Morgue?

4. Who helped the person of interest obtain the animal?

5. Who was the first to testify at the trial?

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