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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 second item would provide a way for the murderer to enter and escape from the windows?
(a) Shutters.
(b) A clothing line.
(c) A balcony.
(d) Tree branches.

2. What are the police not focusing on, according to Dupin?
(a) Other possible victims.
(b) Possible suspects.
(c) Important aspects of the crime.
(d) The place that the killer worked.

3. Where did the person of interest obtain an animal?
(a) Borneo.
(b) The United States.
(c) Puero Rico.
(d) Mongolia.

4. Who does Dupin believe the killer is?
(a) A sailor.
(b) A tiger.
(c) An orangutan.
(d) An unknown animal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did the policeman use to describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?

2. Describe the relationship between Dupin and the narrator.

3. What does Duping believe is true about the killer?

4. Why did the animal need help from the person of interest?

5. What is the language of the second voice, according to the neighbor who testified about the case?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Do you think that Dupin considers another solution to the mystery? Why or why not?

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

4. What aspects of the case does Dupin feel are the most important?

5. Describe the interview that the laundress gave.

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

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

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

9. Describe the tobacco salesman's relationship with the two murdered women.

10. What is one example of Dupin's analytical skills put to use?

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