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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 were the neighbors outside trying to do to the Rue Morgue?
(a) Lock up after they left.
(b) Get inside.
(c) Attack the women inside.
(d) Kill the murderer.

2. What is Dupin's only luxury?
(a) Board games.
(b) Books.
(c) Going to the opera.
(d) Furniture.

3. What was the ribbon once used for?
(a) As a toy.
(b) As part of a dress.
(c) As a piece of jewelry.
(d) Holding hair.

4. How does Dupin know the man who was arrested for the murders?
(a) The man helped Dupin with something.
(b) The man sold Dupin a detective story.
(c) The man wrote a letter to Dupin.
(d) The man was a waiter at a restaurant Dupin frequented.

5. How did the older murder victim die?
(a) She died of shock.
(b) She had been shot.
(c) She bled to death.
(d) She was beat to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dupin explain his hypothesis to first?

2. What does Dupin tell The Narrator about the case?

3. Where does Dupin place an ad?

4. How many days before her death did Madame L'Espanaye pull out money?

5. What was the animal doing when the man followed him and found him elsewhere?

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