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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. Where did Dupin find hair when he conducted his own investigation?

2. Who was the first to testify at the trial?

3. What comment about an actor does Dupin make?

4. What were the neighbors outside trying to do to the Rue Morgue?

5. What was the ribbon once used for?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is The Narrator observant like Dupin?

2. How do the neighbors react to the murders at the Rue Morgue?

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

4. What does Dupin do at the crime scene?

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

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

7. Describe the setting for the murders.

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

9. What does Dupin feel the motive for the murders is?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the story's title relate to the plot, setting, and characters?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the police investigation that occurs as a result of the murders. Why does Dupin disapprove of it?

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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