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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the third person to testify at the court case for the murder?
(a) A bookseller.
(b) A restaurant owner.
(c) Dupin.
(d) An accountant.

2. Describe the relationship between the murder victims and the first person interviewed about them.
(a) There was no relationship.
(b) They disapproved of each other.
(c) Constantly fighting.
(d) Good terms.

3. What was the older murder victim's job?
(a) Fortune teller.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Writer.
(d) Seamstress.

4. What woke up the neighbors of the Rue Morgue?
(a) Screams.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Breaking windows.
(d) A fight.

5. What is Adolphe's last name?
(a) Le Bon.
(b) Drayton.
(c) Mon Dieu.
(d) Beverly.

6. How did Dupin describe the hair that he found when he conducted his own investigation?
(a) Not belonging to a human.
(b) Suggesting a poor diet for the person who it shed from.
(c) Gray.
(d) Pieces of a wig.

7. How did the policeman describe the first voice he heard in the Rue Morgue?
(a) Animal-like.
(b) Gruff.
(c) Shrill.
(d) Feminine.

8. What was the tone of the voices that the neighbors heard?
(a) Silly.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Angry.

9. Who is first interviewed about the murders?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Dupin.
(c) A tobacco salesman.
(d) A laundress.

10. What does Duping believe is true about the killer?
(a) He could not speak.
(b) He hated the women with a passion.
(c) He had unusual strength.
(d) He was very hairy.

11. Which of the following words did the policeman hear from outside the crime scene?
(a) Sacre.
(b) Love.
(c) Deja.
(d) Disturb.

12. When the person of interest enters Dupin's home, what does Dupin do?
(a) He handcuffs the man.
(b) He asks for the man's wallet.
(c) He locks the door.
(d) He shoots the man.

13. What does the Narrator claim is the most analytical game?
(a) Crazy Eights.
(b) Poker.
(c) Draughts.
(d) Chess.

14. Who does Dupin relay the story of the murder to?
(a) The tobacco salesman.
(b) The laundress.
(c) The police.
(d) A woman on the street.

15. What has been taken from the Rue Morgue after the murders?
(a) Money.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the animal act after killing the women?

3. How did the second person interviewed know one of the murder victims?

4. How did the animal respond to the man when he was caught?

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

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