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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What specific type of person does the narrator claim is often incapable of analysis?

2. What did the police note about the windows at the Rue Morgue?

3. What is the first evidence found at the Rue Morgue?

4. How did the policeman describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?

5. What does Dupin hope the ad will do directly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader know about The Narrator?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Compare Dupin to the police.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Dupin to any other character from the story. How are they alike and different? What do each of their actions show?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Dupin want to help solve the murder? Does he feel it is his responsibility or does he have another reason?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways are the murders at the Rue Morgue strange? What special circumstances surround the murder, and what role do they play in the story?

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