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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dupin's middle name?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Mikhail.
(d) Gerald.

2. What is the point of view of the story?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Third person omniscient.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

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

4. What evidence exists against Adolphe?
(a) None.
(b) His voice was heard at the crime scene.
(c) His business card was found outside the house.
(d) His fingerprints were found at the crime scene.

5. In his ad, what does Dupin claim to possess?
(a) An apartment to rent out.
(b) An empty house.
(c) An oranguatan.
(d) A box of books.

6. What did the man find the animal doing before it escaped?
(a) Pretending to shave.
(b) Washing the dishes.
(c) Writing.
(d) Reading.

7. What is the first event that leads to Dupin analyzing a thought that the narrator has?
(a) Somebody walked by drinking alcohol.
(b) A policeman stopped to talk to them.
(c) Somebody bumps into the narrator.
(d) An actor walked by.

8. Who does Dupin explain his hypothesis to first?
(a) The Narrator.
(b) Adolphe.
(c) The salesperson.
(d) The sailor.

9. What was the animal doing when the man followed him and found him elsewhere?
(a) Strangling a woman.
(b) Stealing tobacco.
(c) Shoving a body up the chimney.
(d) Shaving Madame L'Espanaye.

10. What does Dupin say has the best chance of owning the animal he is looking for?
(a) A man in prison.
(b) A woman.
(c) A child.
(d) A sailor.

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

12. How many days before her death did Madame L'Espanaye pull out money?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

14. How many voices did the policeman claim to hear inside the Rue Morgue?
(a) 3.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is able to back up the policeman's story?

2. Describe the first piece of evidence found at the crime scene.

3. How did Dupin describe the hair that he found when he conducted his own investigation?

4. On what topic do all testimonials disagree at the trial?

5. Who did Adolphe see when he accompanied the murder victim home?

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