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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the salesman in the story sell?
(a) Fruits.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Books.

2. What is the occupation of the fourth witness at the court case for the murders?
(a) Banker.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Fortune teller.
(d) Shopkeeper.

3. What is Adolphe's job?
(a) Shopowner.
(b) Banker.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Clerk.

4. Who helped the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) His brother.
(b) His boss.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His friend.

5. What language does the third witness claim to have heard from the second voice at the crime scene?
(a) French.
(b) :Swedish.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could the police hear from outside the Rue Morgue?

2. Who does the narrator describe as having an analytical mind?

3. To Dupin, what quality of the murder defies any motive?

4. What does Dupin want the person of interest to tell him?

5. How many people have been killed in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are three activities or jobs Dupin might enjoy doing using his analytical abilities? Why?

2. Why did Edgar Allan Poe include an epigraph before the story begins?

3. What qualities does Dupin believe the killer has?

4. Compare Dupin to the police.

5. What is one example of Dupin's analytical skills put to use?

6. What elements make "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" a Gothic story?

7. Why does Dupin believe that the sailor is innocent in the crimes?

8. Describe the setting for the murders.

9. What does the reader know about The Narrator?

10. What does Dupin do at the crime scene?

(see the answer keys)

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