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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 specific type of person does the narrator claim is often incapable of analysis?
(a) Social men.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Ingenious men.

2. At the time of the murder, where were both of the women?
(a) Both were outside.
(b) In different rooms.
(c) In the same room.
(d) One was outside and one was inside.

3. What location does Dupin claim to want to visit?
(a) A ship that recently came to shore.
(b) The Rue Morgue.
(c) The police headquarters.
(d) A politician's office.

4. Who was arrested for the murders?
(a) The salesman.
(b) Dupin.
(c) Adolphe.
(d) The laundress.

5. What does Duping believe is true about the killer?
(a) He could not speak.
(b) He was very hairy.
(c) He hated the women with a passion.
(d) He had unusual strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the murder victims cut with?

2. Who was the first to testify at the trial?

3. Which of the following languages is not claimed to be belonging to the second voice?

4. Where did the person of interest obtain an animal?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the sailor obtain an orangutan?

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

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

4. Describe the reason why you think the title was chosen.

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

6. Describe how The Narrator is Dupin's sidekick.

7. Why is robbery not a motive for the murders?

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

9. Describe the relationship between Dupin and The Narrator.

10. Why might the story not be considered a work of horror?

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