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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. Who speaks through a translator at the court case for the murders?
(a) The restaurant owner.
(b) The policeman.
(c) The salesman.
(d) A neighbor of the victims.

2. What is Dupin's middle name?
(a) Mikhail.
(b) Gerald.
(c) Christopher.
(d) Augustine.

3. How did the policeman describe the first voice he heard in the Rue Morgue?
(a) Animal-like.
(b) Shrill.
(c) Gruff.
(d) Feminine.

4. How many neighbors did the police find outside the Rue Morgue?
(a) 20 to 30.
(b) 5 to 10.
(c) 10 to 20.
(d) 30 to 40.

5. What is the first evidence found at the Rue Morgue?
(a) Glass from the broken window.
(b) A weapon.
(c) Fingernails.
(d) Hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator describe as madmen?

2. Where did the man find the animal again?

3. What did Adolphe carry for the murder victim when he walked her home?

4. Where did Dupin find hair when he conducted his own investigation?

5. What appears to be impossible for the murderer to have done in the room at the Rue Morgue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Dupin's analytical skills solved the crime.

3. What was the result of the sailor coming clean about the orangutan?

4. Why does Dupin believe that the owner of the orangutan is a sailor?

5. Describe the location where Madame L'Espanaye's body was found.

6. Could Dupin's analytical skills be a curse, or a bad thing? Why or why not?

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

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

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

10. Should the sailor be held responsible for the murders? Why or why not?

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