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

2. How do neighbors enter the Rue Morgue?
(a) The door is already open.
(b) They use a crowbar.
(c) They break a window.
(d) They enter through the garage.

3. What is the second word that the policeman hears from outside the crime scene?
(a) Devil.
(b) Malevolent.
(c) Diable.
(d) Criminal.

4. What does the epigraph introduce?
(a) A recurring theme.
(b) The motivations of each character.
(c) The killer's temperment.
(d) The gothic mansion.

5. What fact is determined about the chimney?
(a) It is too small to be an entrance and exit.
(b) The victim was still alive when she was put in the chimney.
(c) The chimeny had previously been blocked in.
(d) The body in the chimney had been there longer than the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which body part of the older murder victim was falling off?

2. What tool was the animal using when the man walked in on him?

3. Where did the man find the animal again?

4. Why are the murder victims the only ones living in the Rue Morgue?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of the story? Why?

2. Describe the argument that ensues over the second language that the neighbors heard.

3. Describe the dead body that is found in the chimney.

4. Describe the setting for the murders.

5. Compare Dupin to the police.

6. What is The Narrator's motivation in the story?

7. How did others view the murder victims before they died?

8. Why did Dupin place an ad in the paper?

9. Describe the relationship between the laundress and the two murdered women.

10. What is the appeal of the case to Dupin?

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