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

2. How was the body placed in the chimney?
(a) Sideways.
(b) Head first.
(c) It was impossible to tell.
(d) Feet first.

3. What is the purpose of the epigraph in the beginning of the story?
(a) To give the solution to the mystery.
(b) To introduce the characters.
(c) To illustrate the scene.
(d) To foreshadow future events.

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

5. What is Dupin's first initial?
(a) M.
(b) A.
(c) G.
(d) C.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Describe the relationship between Dupin and the narrator.

3. What was the animal doing when the man followed him and found him elsewhere?

4. What fact is determined about the chimney?

5. Who does Dupin believe the killer is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the relationship between Dupin and The Narrator.

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

5. What does the epigraph at the beginning of the story mean?

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

7. Describe the location of Madame L'Espanaye's daughter's body.

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

9. Why does Dupin give The Narrator a pistol?

10. What is determined by the testimonies at the murder trial?

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