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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. Who does Dupin believe has lost an animal?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A salesman.
(c) The Narrator.
(d) A sailor.

2. What is Dupin's one impossible scenario?
(a) A woman killed the victims.
(b) The murderer was an animal.
(c) The women were killed by a friend.
(d) The women killed each other.

3. What does Dupin tell the person of interest that he has?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A knife.
(c) A phone.
(d) Handcuffs.

4. Who did the policeman believe the first voice belonged to?
(a) A Spanish woman.
(b) A Frenchman.
(c) A child.
(d) An Italian man.

5. How did the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) He bought it.
(b) He captured it.
(c) It followed him home.
(d) He rescued it.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Dupin, what quality of the murder defies any motive?

2. Who pays the rent in the home that Dupin and the narrator live in?

3. Who does Dupin believe the killer is?

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

5. Where does Dupin place an ad?

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