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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dupin claim to know?
(a) The head of police.
(b) The head politician in his area.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A group of sailors.

2. Which of the following is the first sign of struggle at the crime scene?
(a) A dresser moved in front of a door.
(b) Jewelry stolen from the open box.
(c) A ladder knocked over.
(d) Drawers pulled out.

3. What is the style of Dupin and the narrator's home?
(a) Roman.
(b) Gothic.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Modern.

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

5. What is the name of the author of the epigraph?
(a) Sir Bennet Austin.
(b) Sir Arthur Hoyle.
(c) Sir Thomas Browne.
(d) Sir Samuel Smithe.

6. 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.

7. Describe the room in which the neighbors found on the 4th floor.
(a) Disarray.
(b) Cluttered.
(c) Bloody.
(d) Immaculate.

8. How did the second person interviewed know one of the murder victims?
(a) He painted her portrait.
(b) He moved her furniture into the house.
(c) He carried her items home for her.
(d) He once sold to her.

9. Which of the following did the animal do?
(a) Threw a mirror.
(b) Stole jewelry.
(c) Smashed a window.
(d) Strangled a woman.

10. Why do Dupin and the narrator move in together?
(a) It will save them money.
(b) They hope to exchange knowledge.
(c) They hope it will encourage them to find wives.
(d) They enjoy each other's company.

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

12. What are the contents of the second newspaper with information about the murders?
(a) Pictures of suspects.
(b) A brief statement of the arrest of a suspect.
(c) Pictures of the crime scene.
(d) Interviews.

13. What does Dupin believe he may have to do to the man who is coming to visit them?
(a) Detain him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Turn him in to the police.
(d) Torture him.

14. What is evidence of no forced entry into the Rue Morgue?
(a) There were no windows.
(b) The doors were locked from the inside.
(c) The gate had not been opened in years.
(d) There were cobwebs over all the doors.

15. How did the animal act when the man walked in on him at the Rue Morgue?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Subdued.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Peaceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the murder victims the only ones living in the Rue Morgue?

2. What is Dupin's interest in the case?

3. What evidence exists against Adolphe?

4. What did each witness identify?

5. What comment about an actor does Dupin make?

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