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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 did the animal act when the man walked in on him at the Rue Morgue?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Subdued.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Enraged.

2. What does Dupin want the person of interest to tell him?
(a) Who the real killer is.
(b) Who he should contact for more information about the murder.
(c) Why he killed the victims.
(d) The details of the murder.

3. What does the Narrator claim is the most analytical game?
(a) Crazy Eights.
(b) Draughts.
(c) Chess.
(d) Poker.

4. How many pieces are a part of the first evidence found in the Rue Morgue?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. What are the contents of the second newspaper with information about the murders?
(a) Pictures of the crime scene.
(b) Interviews.
(c) Pictures of suspects.
(d) A brief statement of the arrest of a suspect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pays the rent in the home that Dupin and the narrator live in?

2. Who helped the person of interest obtain the animal?

3. What is the first event that leads to Dupin analyzing a thought that the narrator has?

4. What is directly outside the window at the Rue Morgue?

5. What is Dupin's first initial?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does analysis please The Narrator?

3. What elements make "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" a Gothic story?

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

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

6. Why does Dupin want to visit the crime scene?

7. Describe the dead body that was found outside.

8. Describe Adolphe's encounter with Madame L'Espanaye.

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

10. Why is Adolphe arrested for the murders?

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