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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 did the police note about the windows at the Rue Morgue?
(a) They were the method of escape for the murderer.
(b) They had been replaced.
(c) They had been broken.
(d) They were impossible to escape from.

2. What is the occupation of the second person interviewed about the murders?
(a) Writer.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Fortune teller.
(d) Photographer.

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

4. To Dupin, what quality of the murder defies any motive?
(a) The gruesomeness.
(b) The lack of suspects.
(c) The fact that the murder is so mysterious.
(d) The fact that the victims were women.

5. What did the man find the animal doing before it escaped?
(a) Pretending to shave.
(b) Washing the dishes.
(c) Writing.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the older murder victim cut?

2. What does Dupin say has the best chance of owning the animal he is looking for?

3. Which of the following words describes The Narrator?

4. What specific type of person does the narrator claim is often incapable of analysis?

5. In his ad, what does Dupin claim to possess?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is The Narrator observant like Dupin?

2. What are Dupin's thoughts about the voices the neighbors overheard?

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

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

5. Why did a struggle erupt between the sailor and the orangutan?

6. Describe the reason why you think the title was chosen.

7. Describe how The Narrator is Dupin's sidekick.

8. How do the neighbors react to the murders at the Rue Morgue?

9. Why might the story not be considered a work of horror?

10. How did the sailor obtain an orangutan?

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