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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the Narrator claim is an admirable skill?
(a) Analysis.
(b) Charisma.
(c) Calculation.
(d) Memorization.

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

3. Why does Dupin believe the police arrested the man they did?
(a) He was the first suspect.
(b) He was the only one with access to the home.
(c) He was a known thief.
(d) He had a history of violence.

4. Why are the murder victims the only ones living in the Rue Morgue?
(a) They tired of tenants.
(b) They were recluses.
(c) There wasn't enough space for more people.
(d) Nobody wanted to live with them.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who goes with Dupin to the Rue Morgue?

4. What is the name of the author of the epigraph?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the killer killed the two women.

2. Describe Adolphe's encounter with Madame L'Espanaye.

3. What does Dupin do at the crime scene?

4. Why does Dupin give The Narrator a pistol?

5. Why is Adolphe arrested for the murders?

6. Describe the dead body that is found in the chimney.

7. Describe the setting for the murders.

8. How did others view the murder victims before they died?

9. Describe the way the orangutan behaved after killing the women, according to the sailor.

10. How does The Narrator describe the story that he tells?

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