View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the second body found at the Rue Morgue?
(a) Outside.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) Under a bed.
(d) In the bath tub.

2. Which of the following appears in Dupin's thought process for the comment he makes about an actor?
(a) A book he read a month ago.
(b) The cloudy sky.
(c) Sherlock Holmes.
(d) Orion.

3. Dupin's comments about the actor are a direct response to whose thoughts?
(a) The passerby's.
(b) The narrator's.
(c) The actor's.
(d) The sailor's.

4. Who does the narrator describe as having an analytical mind?
(a) The sailor.
(b) Himself.
(c) One of the murder victims.
(d) Dupin.

5. When Dupin believes he know who the killer is, what does he give The Narrator?
(a) A rope.
(b) A camera.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the murder victims the only ones living in the Rue Morgue?

2. How is Madame L'Espanaye related to Camille?

3. Who does Dupin claim to know?

4. Who is shocked by Dupin's comments about the actor?

5. How many days before her death did Adolphe walk home the murder victim?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 225 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample