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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. Where does the narrator meet Dupin for the first time?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. What is the Rue Morgue?
(a) A morgue.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) A theater.
(d) A home.

3. How does Dupin describe the person who strangled the younger murder victim?
(a) Not a human.
(b) A man with a lot of rage.
(c) A man with a lot of muscles.
(d) A man with no regard for life.

4. 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.

5. Where did the man find the animal again?
(a) At the park.
(b) The Rue Morgue.
(c) A gothic mansion.
(d) The tobacco store.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people have been killed in the story?

3. When the person of interest enters Dupin's home, what does Dupin do?

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

5. What does Dupin tell The Narrator about the case?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did others view the murder victims before they died?

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

3. What are Dupin's thoughts about the voices the neighbors overheard?

4. Describe the relationship between Dupin and The Narrator.

5. How does The Narrator describe the story that he tells?

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

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

8. What elements make "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" a detective story?

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

10. How did the killer exit the room in which the murders took place?

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