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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 are the police not focusing on, according to Dupin?
(a) Important aspects of the crime.
(b) Possible suspects.
(c) Other possible victims.
(d) The place that the killer worked.

2. What appears to be impossible for the murderer to have done in the room at the Rue Morgue?
(a) Hide the bodies.
(b) Hide the weapon.
(c) Exit.
(d) Steal anything.

3. On what floor were voices heard in the Rue Morgue?
(a) 4th.
(b) 1st.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 3rd.

4. Who speaks through a translator at the court case for the murders?
(a) The policeman.
(b) The restaurant owner.
(c) A neighbor of the victims.
(d) The salesman.

5. Where did the person of interest obtain an animal?
(a) Borneo.
(b) Puero Rico.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the yard outside the Rue Morgue.

2. What does Dupin tell the person of interest that he has?

3. How did the policeman describe the first voice he heard in the Rue Morgue?

4. Which of the following words did the policeman hear from outside the crime scene?

5. Who explained the younger victim's death at the trial?

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