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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. Describe the first piece of evidence found at the crime scene.

2. Who speaks through a translator at the court case for the murders?

3. How much money did Madame L'Espanaye pull out from the bank?

4. What is the second word that the policeman hears from outside the crime scene?

5. How does Dupin feel about the police investigation of the murders?

Short Essay Questions

1. What qualities does Dupin believe the killer has?

2. Why did a struggle erupt between the sailor and the orangutan?

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

4. Describe the relationship between Dupin and The Narrator.

5. What was the result of the sailor coming clean about the orangutan?

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

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

8. Describe how the killer killed the two women.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine the tone of the short story. Find three specific elements of the story that create this tone.

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of the story's narrator in the overall story?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of story is "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"? How would you describe it to somebody who had not read a mystery short story before?

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