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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 is found on the neck of the younger murder victim?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Hair.
(c) Bruises.
(d) Cuts.

2. How does Dupin describe the person who strangled the younger murder victim?
(a) A man with no regard for life.
(b) A man with a lot of muscles.
(c) Not a human.
(d) A man with a lot of rage.

3. Who does Dupin explain his hypothesis to first?
(a) Adolphe.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) The salesperson.
(d) The sailor.

4. What did Adolphe carry for the murder victim when he walked her home?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Books.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Gold.

5. Who is shocked by Dupin's comments about the actor?
(a) A passerby.
(b) The actor.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The sailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the older murder victim's job?

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

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

4. Which of the following is definitely not a motive for the murders?

5. Which character serves as a template for deductive minds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader know about The Narrator?

2. Why does Dupin feel disdain for the police investigation of the murders?

3. What qualities does Dupin believe the killer has?

4. What elements of the murder appear strange to the reader?

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

6. How might this short story have been considered controversial when it was written?

7. Describe the way the orangutan behaved after killing the women, according to the sailor.

8. Why does analysis please The Narrator?

9. Why did the police arrest Adolphe?

10. Describe the interview that the laundress gave.

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