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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 game does the word draughts refer to?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Poker.
(d) Chess.

2. What is Dupin's relationship to the first interviewed person?
(a) They went to school together.
(b) There is no relationship.
(c) He used to date them.
(d) They are related.

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

4. Where does Dupin place an ad?
(a) On television.
(b) On a bulletin board at the store.
(c) On the radio.
(d) In the newspaper.

5. What did the police note about the windows at the Rue Morgue?
(a) They had been replaced.
(b) They were the method of escape for the murderer.
(c) They were impossible to escape from.
(d) They had been broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who found a ribbon at the crime scene?

2. What are the only possible manners of escape from the Rue Morgue for the murderer?

3. Which body part of the older murder victim was falling off?

4. What happened when the man walked in on the animal?

5. Why do Dupin and the narrator move in together?

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