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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What location does Dupin claim to want to visit?
(a) A politician's office.
(b) The Rue Morgue.
(c) The police headquarters.
(d) A ship that recently came to shore.

2. Who does Dupin relay the story of the murder to?
(a) A woman on the street.
(b) The police.
(c) The laundress.
(d) The tobacco salesman.

3. What does Dupin hope the ad will do directly?
(a) Release the person arrested for the crime.
(b) Bring the animal to him.
(c) Bring the sailor to him.
(d) Encourage further police investigation.

4. How long had the first person interviewed known the murder victims?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) No time at all.
(d) 1 year.

5. What does Dupin want the person of interest to tell him?
(a) The details of the murder.
(b) Why he killed the victims.
(c) Who the real killer is.
(d) Who he should contact for more information about the murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator describe as madmen?

2. What does the epigraph introduce?

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

4. What is the style of Dupin and the narrator's home?

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

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