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

2. What does Dupin tell the person of interest that he has?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A phone.
(c) A knife.
(d) Handcuffs.

3. Which of the following is mentioned in the epigraph?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Athena.
(d) Zeus.

4. At the time of the murder, where were both of the women?
(a) In different rooms.
(b) Both were outside.
(c) One was outside and one was inside.
(d) In the same room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator describe as having an analytical mind?

2. What did the police note about the windows at the Rue Morgue?

3. Describe the relationship between the murder victims and the first person interviewed about them.

4. Describe the yard outside the Rue Morgue.

5. Which of the following statements is true about the older victim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the appeal of the case to Dupin?

2. Why did Edgar Allan Poe include an epigraph before the story begins?

3. Why did the police arrest Adolphe?

4. What does Dupin do at the crime scene?

5. Describe the argument that ensues over the second language that the neighbors heard.

6. Do you think that Dupin considers another solution to the mystery? Why or why not?

7. Describe the dead body that was found outside.

8. What does Dupin feel the motive for the murders is?

9. Why is robbery not a motive for the murders?

10. Describe the location where Madame L'Espanaye's body was found.

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