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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase did the third witness claim to have heard outside the crime scene?
(a) Mon Dieu.
(b) Oh my God.
(c) Como estas.
(d) Deja vu.

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

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

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

5. Who is able to back up the policeman's story?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A shop owner.
(c) A salesman.
(d) A tenant in the building.

6. Which of the following did the policeman use to describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?
(a) Indecipherable.
(b) Shy.
(c) Intense.
(d) Distinct.

7. Which of the following did the animal do?
(a) Strangled a woman.
(b) Stole jewelry.
(c) Smashed a window.
(d) Threw a mirror.

8. What kind of motive for murder does Dupin believe the man who was arrested has, despite the fact that he is the main suspect?
(a) Strong.
(b) Cooperative.
(c) Flimsy.
(d) Strange.

9. What were the neighbors outside trying to do to the Rue Morgue?
(a) Lock up after they left.
(b) Kill the murderer.
(c) Get inside.
(d) Attack the women inside.

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

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

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

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

14. Who is first interviewed about the murders?
(a) A laundress.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Dupin.
(d) A tobacco salesman.

15. Which of the following words describes The Narrator?
(a) Confused.
(b) Deductive.
(c) Unreasonable.
(d) Reliable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man find the animal doing before it escaped?

2. How does The Narrator generally feel toward Dupin?

3. How did the older murder victim die?

4. Who was arrested for the murders?

5. What is the purpose of the epigraph in the beginning of the story?

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