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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 did the animal do to the older victim?

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

3. What was the ribbon once used for?

4. What is Dupin's interest in the case?

5. To Dupin, what quality of the murder defies any motive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the interview that the laundress gave.

4. Should the sailor be held responsible for the murders? Why or why not?

5. Who could be considered the antagonist in the story? Why?

6. What does the reader know about The Narrator?

7. What does the epigraph at the beginning of the story mean?

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

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

10. Describe the relationship between Dupin and The Narrator.

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

How does Dupin solve the murders? What conclusions does he come to?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the narrator of the story. Is he reliable or unreliable? What is his view of the protagonist and the antagonist?

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